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Serhiy Oleksiyovych Taruta (Ukrainian: Сергій Олексійович Тарута; born 22 July 1955) is a Ukrainian politician and current member of the Ukrainian parliament,[1] Ukrainian businessman,[2][3][4] sometimes called an oligarch,[5] founder of Industrial Union of Donbas,[6][7] former[8][failed verification] President of FC Metalurh Donetsk,[citation needed] and the former governor of Donetsk Oblast.[9][10]
Serhiy Taruta Сергій Тарута | |
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_20220713.jpg) Taruta in 2022 | |
| Governor of Donetsk Oblast | |
| In office 2 March – 10 October 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Andriy Shyshatskiy |
| Succeeded by | Oleksandr Kikhtenko |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| 9th convocation | |
| Assumed office 29 August 2019 | |
| 8th convocation | |
| In office 27 November 2014 – 29 August 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Serhiy Oleksiyovych Taruta 22 July 1955 Vynohradne, Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
| Citizenship | Ukrainian |
| Political party | Batkivshchyna |
| Education | Donetsk State University of Management |
Serhiy Taruta was born in Mariupol in 1955 and was a successful cyclist in his youth; he later claimed that he rode an average of 120 kilometres a day.[11] He studied at Pryazovskyi State Technical University[12] before going on to work at the large Ukrainian metal plant, Azovstal.[11]
In 1995, Serhiy Taruta left Azovstal for "Azovintex", a foreign trade company he co-founded. In December, 1995 he was appointed the CEO of the Industrial Union of Donbass Corporation (ISD Corporation), which he co-founded. Between 2001 and 2014, Taruta served as the Chairman of the Board of ISD Corporation.[13][failed verification]
According to Forbes magazine, he ranks among the richest people in the world, with his estimated wealth being over 2.7 billion US dollars (2008).[14][15]
In 1998 and 2002 Serhiy Taruta was elected a member of the Donetsk Regional City Council for Telmanovsky electoral district, Donetsk Region.[citation needed]
On 2 March 2014, amidst the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov appointed Taruta Governor of Donetsk Oblast.[16] On 10 October 2014, President Petro Poroshenko removed him from office,[17][18] replacing him with Oleksandr Kikhtenko.[19][20]
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, as an independent candidate Taruta won a single-member district in Mariupol with 60.00% of the vote and is thus a member of the Ukrainian parliament since 27 November 2014.[21][1]
Taruta leads the Group for Inter-parliamentary Ties between Ukraine and Germany.[22]
He is also the Head of the Sub-Committee for Protection of Historic and Cultural Heritage of the Parliamentary Committee for Culture and Spiritual Affairs.[23]
Taruta is the co-chair of the Parliamentary Platform for the Future of Donbass, a body that aims to develop new legislative initiatives to help solve problems related to the reintegration of occupied territories of the region.[24]
He is the author of the Three Pillars peace plan for Donbass,[25] and also proposed the creation of the Vienna Format for Donbass peace talks.[26]
Taruta led the group of developers of Sustainable Development Doctrine Ukraine 2030.[27]
Serhiy Taruta is a founder of the political party "Osnova".[28][29]
On 22 September 2018, Osnova nominated Taruta as the party's candidate for the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election.[30] On 16 March (2 weeks and one day before the election) Taruta pledged his campaign-team would support fellow candidate Yulia Tymoshenko's campaign efforts.[31] However, his name was not taken of the ballot.[31] (7 March was the last day when candidates could withdraw their names from the ballot.[32])
In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Taruta was placed second on the party list of Fatherland.[33] He was elected to parliament.[34]
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Serhiy Taruta is married with two daughters.[35]
Serhiy Taruta was conferred the Order for the Service to Homeland of III (2006) and II degrees (2009), as well as the Order of St. Ann, II degree.[citation needed]
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