Preceded by Ihor Bilous Parents Michail Nasirov | Spouse Kateryna Hlimbovs'ka Siblings Yevhen Nasirov | |
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Citizenship UkrainianBritishHungarian Political party Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" Alma mater Kyiv National Economic UniversityChernihiv State Institute of Economics and Management Party Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" Similar Yulia Marushevska, Volodymyr Groysman, Vitaliy Khomutynnik, Mikheil Saakashvili, Oleksandr Onyshchenko | ||
Roman Mykhailovych Nasirov (Ukrainian: Роман Насіров) is a Ukrainian politician of Azerbaijani origin who currently serves as the head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. He was temporarily relieved of his duties whille under investigation of embezzlement on 3 March 2017.
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Early years
Roman Nasirov was born in Chernihiv, on 3 March 1979. His father is Azerbaijani and his mother is Ukrainian. In 2000 Roman Nasirov graduated from the Chernihiv State Institute of Economics and Management, with a specialty in Finance. In December 2001 he graduated from the Kyiv National Economic University, with a specialty in Law. He received his PhD degree in Law in 2015 from The Legislation Institute of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. He is currently (2016) a candidate for Doctor of Economics at Chernihiv National University of Technology.
Work experience
In December 2009 he was the CEO of Renaissance Capital Ukraine, Central & Eastern Europe. In March 2013 Roman Nasirov was the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine. In April 2014 Roman Nasirov was CEO of BTGPactual (Ukraine) and in November 2014 he won a seat in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) for Petro Poroshenko Bloc. In December 2014 Roman Nasirov was the head of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on Tax and Customs Policy. In May 2015 Roman Nasirov was appointed the Head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. In July 2016 at the 20th General Assembly of the Intra-European Organization of Tax Administrations (IOTA), which was held in Romania, Roman Nasirov was elected as the President of the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA).
In court
Nasirov was taken to Kiev's Feofania hospital late on 2 March 2017. Meanwhile he was being investigated for embezzlement (in conjunction with MP Oleksandr Onishchenko) of 2 billion hryvnias (UAH) ($75 million) in tax revenue linked to a gas deal (punishable to six years in prison).
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau opened a case against Nasirov corruption with total of UAH 2 billion.
Berau also reported Nasirov having other two citizenships (UK and Hungary) which is against law of Ukraine.
Controversy
In 2016 the head of Odesa customs, Yulia Marushevska, repeatedly accused Nasirov of slowing down or even sabotaging her fight against corruption.
Publications
