Iryna Mykhailivna Akimova ( Ukrainian: Ірина Михайлівна Акімова; born on April 26, 1960, in Kharkiv, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian politician and former First Deputy Head of Presidential Administration of Ukraine. [1] [2] She held this post from February 2010 till February 2014. [1]
Akimova was born in Kharkiv on 26 April 1960. [1] In 1982, she graduated from the Economics Faculty of the Kharkiv State University. She was the holder of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Volkswagen Stiftung, DAAD, and ACCEL fellowships. [1]
After April 2014, she moved away from politics and is engaged in painting in Kyiv. In January 2022, she opened an exhibition showing her paintings, painted since 2017. [3]
In the middle of the 1980s, Akimova passed her Ph.D. defense.[ citation needed]
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Since October 2007 Akimova has been a member of the Party of Regions. [7] In November 2007 she was elected the Member of Parliament – No. 63 on the list. [5] [8] Akimova then worked as Deputy Head of the Committee in Verkhovna Rada on economic policy issues and took the position of Economy Minister in the opposition government of Viktor Yanukovych. [1] Akimova is a frequent guest at political talk shows and is the public figure in the Party of Regions.[ citation needed]
On February 25, 2010, Akimova was appointed the First Deputy Head of Presidential Administration. [9] On March 16, 2010, she was appointed the Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. [9]
After Andriy Klyuyev had left the post in mid-February 2012 Akimova was tipped as the new First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine. [2] But Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi was appointed instead. [10]
In October 2012 Akimova was re-elected into the Ukrainian parliament on the party list of the Party of Regions, but she turned down this mandate. [11] [12]
In late January 2014, by decrees of President Yanukovych Akimova was dismissed from the post of first deputy head of the Presidential Administration and appointed advisor to the President. [13] In February 2014 Yanukovych was ousted from power. [14] In an April 2014 interview, she stated that she no longer is a member of the Party of Regions. [13]
Iryna Mykhailivna Akimova ( Ukrainian: Ірина Михайлівна Акімова; born on April 26, 1960, in Kharkiv, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian politician and former First Deputy Head of Presidential Administration of Ukraine. [1] [2] She held this post from February 2010 till February 2014. [1]
Akimova was born in Kharkiv on 26 April 1960. [1] In 1982, she graduated from the Economics Faculty of the Kharkiv State University. She was the holder of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Volkswagen Stiftung, DAAD, and ACCEL fellowships. [1]
After April 2014, she moved away from politics and is engaged in painting in Kyiv. In January 2022, she opened an exhibition showing her paintings, painted since 2017. [3]
In the middle of the 1980s, Akimova passed her Ph.D. defense.[ citation needed]
This biographical section is written
like a résumé. (January 2023) |
Since October 2007 Akimova has been a member of the Party of Regions. [7] In November 2007 she was elected the Member of Parliament – No. 63 on the list. [5] [8] Akimova then worked as Deputy Head of the Committee in Verkhovna Rada on economic policy issues and took the position of Economy Minister in the opposition government of Viktor Yanukovych. [1] Akimova is a frequent guest at political talk shows and is the public figure in the Party of Regions.[ citation needed]
On February 25, 2010, Akimova was appointed the First Deputy Head of Presidential Administration. [9] On March 16, 2010, she was appointed the Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. [9]
After Andriy Klyuyev had left the post in mid-February 2012 Akimova was tipped as the new First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine. [2] But Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi was appointed instead. [10]
In October 2012 Akimova was re-elected into the Ukrainian parliament on the party list of the Party of Regions, but she turned down this mandate. [11] [12]
In late January 2014, by decrees of President Yanukovych Akimova was dismissed from the post of first deputy head of the Presidential Administration and appointed advisor to the President. [13] In February 2014 Yanukovych was ousted from power. [14] In an April 2014 interview, she stated that she no longer is a member of the Party of Regions. [13]