Ihor Kononenko

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Ihor Kononenko

Ihor Witalijowytsch Kononenko ( Ukrainian Ігор Віталійович Кононенко ; born August 21, 1965 in Kiev , Soviet Union ) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician . Kononenko is a member of the Verkhovna Rada , first deputy chairman of the Bloc Petro Poroshenko , Poroshenko- intimate and is described as the gray eminence of the Ukrainian president .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1982 at the 45th secondary school in Kiev, Kononenko studied at the Kiev Transport Institute. From 1984 to 1986 he did military service in the Soviet Army , where he met Petro Poroshenko. In 1989, Kononenko graduated with honors (Economics and Management in Transport). From 1988 to 1990 he was Komsomol secretary and from 1990 to 1991 deputy director of a subdivision in the city staff for students. From 1991 to 1994 he worked as a commercial director in two companies. From 2004 to 2009 he was chairman of the supervisory board of a transport company in Kiev.

Kononenko owns an investment fund that manages 7 companies and has been its chairman since 2012. Kononenko is the most important business partner of Petro Poroshenko and worked as chairman of the board in his company.

Corruption scandal 2016

On February 3, 2016, Ukrainian Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavičius declared that Kononenko was the driving force behind the corruption intrigues and, as President Petro Poroshenko's confidante, accused him of putting pressure on the Economy Minister to gain control of state-owned companies.

family

Kononenko is married to Lilija Kononenko (* 1966) and has three children: two daughters and a son.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Дело Корбана - Не в "деле" Корбана дело - Внутренняя политика Украины (gazeta.zn.ua)
  2. Important reformer settles accounts with Poroshenko's state
  3. a b Сергей Лещенко . Порошенко и пустота Украинская Правда , May 16, 2014
  4. Анастасия Иванцова. Чим володіють та на що впливають бізнес-партнери президента при владі (розслідування) Радио , September 7, 2015
  5. Международный Инвестиционный Банк ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. «Insiders»  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / insiders.com.ua
  6. Important reformer settles accounts with Poroshenko's state