Mykola Prysyazhnyuk
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Mykola Prysyazhnyuk | |
|---|---|
Микола Присяжнюк | |
 Prysyazhnyuk in 2008 | |
| Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine | |
| In office 11 March 2010 – 27 February 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Mykola Azarov |
| Preceded by | Yuriy Melnyk |
| Succeeded by | Ihor Shvaika |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 13, 1960 |
| Party | Party of Regions |
Mykola Prysyazhnyuk (Ukrainian: Микола Володимирович Присяжнюк; born 3 January 1960[1]) is the former Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.[1][2]
Prysyazhnyuk graduated from Voronezh University and the Donbas Mining-Metallurgical Institute.[1] He has worked as a diamond cutter before becoming a chief process engineer at Ordzhonikidzevugillya coal mine.[1] In the years 2002-2005 he was the first deputy chairman of Zhytomyr Regional State Administration and in the years 2005-2007 head of the National Association of Meat and Meat Products Producers before becoming a member of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) for the Party of Regions[3][4][5] He did not participate in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election and 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[6][7]
Minister of Agrarian Policy
During his time as minister, he helped develop relations with China in the field of agriculture. The two countries considered cooperation in rural engineering, plant protection production, and the exchange of scientists.[8] He also reached an agreement with foreign banks in Ukraine to work in cooperation with Ukrainian farmers, and in lending to domestic agricultural producers.[9] Prysyazhnyuk also helped develop the programme "Concept of Rural Development" in order to develop the social infrastructure of rural populations and farms.[10]