Volodymyr Kozak
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Volodymyr Kozak | |
|---|---|
Володимир Козак | |
 Kozak in 2014 | |
| 2nd Minister of Infrastructure | |
| In office 24 December 2012 – 27 February 2014 | |
| President | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Prime Minister | Mykola Azarov |
| Preceded by | Borys Kolesnikov |
| Succeeded by | Maksym Burbak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1959 |
| Spouse |
Olga Tomivna (m. 1960) |
| Children | Anastasia |
| Alma mater | Dnipro National University of Rail Transport |
| Profession | Politician |
Volodymyr Vasyliovych Kozak (Ukrainian: Волод́имир Вас́ильович Ко́зак; born 9 August 1959) is a Ukrainian politician who became the second Minister of Infrastructure from 2012 to 2014.[1] He is a millionaire, and according to his income statement, his net worth was 2,031,899 hryvnias in 2012.[2]
Kozak was born on 9 August 1959 in the village of Polohy, Ukraine SSR,[3] and graduated from the Dnipro Institute of Railway Transport Engineers, specialty of operation of railway transport, qualification for engineer of communication routes for the operation of railways.[4]
Career
Prior to Kozak's ministerial role, he had held several early positions such as a duty officer, station duty officer, station dispatcher at the Yasynuvata Station of the Donetsk railway in 1981; the Deputy Head of the Avdiivka Station in 1983; Head of department in the Donetsk railway in 1985; Head of Department and Head of Transportation Service in the Donetsk Railway in 1990; deputy head of the railway and head of the road transport management center in the Donetsk railway in 1996; the general director of Lemtrans LLC in 2000; the general director of the Interregional Industrial Union corporation, 99% of which is owned by Lemtrans.[5][6]
Kozak would later become the general director of the State Administration of Railway Transport of Ukraine from 23 August 2006 to 8 November 2007; the People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 6th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada from the Party of Regions in November 2007; chairman of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Transport and Communications; the general director of the State Administration of Railway Transport of Ukraine on 21 March 2011. Only until 24 December 2012, Kozak was appointed to the position of Minister of Infrastructure by the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 735/2012 "On the Appointment of V. Kozak as Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine".[7] On 27 February 2014, he was dismissed from the post of minister in connection with the formation of a new composition of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.[6]
