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Serhiy taruta ukraine crisis media center march 14 2014
Serhiy Taruta (Ukrainian: Сергій Олексійович Тарута, Russian: Сергей Алексеевич Тарута, Sergei Alekseyevich Taruta, born 22 July 1955 in Vynohradne, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian politician and current member of the Ukrainian parliament, Ukrainian businessman, sometimes called an oligarch, founder of Industrial Union of Donbas, former President of FC Metalurh Donetsk, and the former governor of Donetsk Oblast.
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- Serhiy taruta ukraine crisis media center march 14 2014
- Ukraine Elections processes in place even for Slavyansk Taruta
- Biography
- Business career
- Political career
- Private life
- Honours
- References
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).
Ukraine: Elections processes in place, even for Slavyansk - Taruta
Biography
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. He studied at Priazovskiy Derzhavniy Technical University before going on to work at the large Ukrainian metal plant, Azovstal.
Business career
In 1995, Serhiy Taruta left Azovstal for "Azovintex", a foreign trade company he co-founded. In December, 1995 Serhiy Taruta was appointed the CEO of the Industrial Union of Donbass Corporation (ISD Corporation), which he co-founded. Between 2001 and 2014 Serhiy Taruta served as the Chairman of the Board of ISD Corporation.
Political career
In 1998 and 2002 Serhiy Taruta was elected a member of the Donetsk Regional City Council for Telmanovsky electoral district, Donetsk Region.
On 2 March 2014, amidst the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov appointed Taruta Governor of Donetsk Oblast. On 10 October 2014, President Petro Poroshenko fired Taruta from office, replacing him with Oleksandr Kikhtenko.
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Taruta as an independent candidate won a single-member district in Mariupol with 60.00% of the votes and is thus a member of the Ukrainian parliament since 27 November 2014.
Serhiy Taruta leads the Group for Inter-parliamentary Ties between Ukraine and the Federal Republic of Germany.
Serhiy Taruta is the Head of the Sub-Committee for Protection of Historic and Cultural Heritage of the Parliamentary Committee for Culture and Spiritual Affairs.
Serhiy Taruta is the co-chair of the Parliamentary Platform for the Future of Donbass, a body aiming to develop new legislative initiatives that would help solve the problems related to reintegration of occupied territories of the region.
Serhiy Taruta is the author of the "Three pillars" peace plan for Donbass, and he also came forward with the idea of creating the "Vienna Format" for Donbass peace talks.
Serhiy Taruta led the group of developers of "Sustainable Development Doctrine Ukraine 2030". Serhiy Taruta is a founder of "Osnova" political party.
Private life
Serhiy Taruta is married with two daughters.
Serhiy Taruta is an avid cyclist and mountain climber, as well as a prolific antiquities’ collector (Cucuteni-Trypillian and Scythian periods).
Honours
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.