Mykola Kucher

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovych and the family name is Kucher.

Mykola Kucher
Микола Кучер
Official portrait, 2019
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 November 2014
Preceded byHryhoriy Zabolotnyi
ConstituencyVinnytsia Oblast, No. 17
Personal details
Born (1959-07-24) 24 July 1959 (age 65)
Hordiyivka [uk], Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations

Mykola Ivanovych Kucher (Ukrainian: Микола Іванович Кучер; born 24 August 1959) is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur, currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine since 26 November 2014.[1]

Education

In 1981, he graduated from the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy with a degree in agronomy.

Career

  • 1981 – the main agronomist of collective farm, Trostianchyk [uk] village, Trostianets Raion
  • 1989–1992 – chair of Trostianets regional agro-industrial corporation
  • 1992–1994 – director of agricultural and food management of Trostianets regional administration
  • 1994–1995 – deputy manager of agriculture and food management of Vinnytsia Oblast government
  • 1995–1999 – Head of Department managing Vinnytsia oblast administration
  • 1999–2000 – Head of department deputy manager Ukraine's Bread (Kyiv)
  • 2000–2002 – first deputy manager Bread of Ukraine
  • 2002–2004 – chairman of the board of directors of Bread of Ukraine
  • 2004–2013 – director of Grain Product MHP
  • Since 2013 — Department director Mironivsky Hliboproduct

Political career

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kucher won electoral district No. 17 (Vinnytsia Oblast) as an independent candidate with 47.64%.[2]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kucher was re-elected in single-seat constituency 17 again as an independent candidate with 34.97% of the votes.[4][5]

In December 2018, he sent a request–the court–take on bail the former acting Myroslav Prodan, head of the Fiscal Service of Ukraine (suspected of illegal enrichment of UAH 89 million in 2016–2018).[6]

Private life

He is married, with two children. In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kucher's daughter Larysa Bilozir was elected in single-seat constituency 15.[4]

Recognition

  • A Candidate of Agricultural Science (Ukraine)
  • Honoured Agricultural Worker of Ukraine
  • Order of Merit, 3rd Class (Ukraine)

References

  1. ^ "Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine". iportal.rada.gov.ua.
  2. ^ "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
  3. ^ "Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine". gapp.rada.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Білозір у Раді, дубль 2: невістка співачки пройшла в парламент по мажоритарці". tabloid.pravda.com.ua.
  5. ^ "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
  6. ^ "Декілька депутатів виявили бажання взяти екс-очільника ДФС Продана на поруки (відео)". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 October 2021.