Anatoliy Kinakh (b. August 4, 1954) is a Ukrainian statesman and politician. Since February 4, 2005, he has been the First Vice Prime Minister.

Contents

1 Political Career Before 2004 2 Political Career Since 2004 3 External links 4 See also

Political Career Before 2004

In early 1990s, Mr. Kinakh held several posts in the local government of Mykolayiv region.

From 1995 to 1996 Mr. Kinakh was a minister responsible for industrial politics.

Commonly known as an indecisive, but competent, technocrat, Mr. Kinah served as the Prime Minister of Ukraine between 2001 and 2002. His reasonably popular cabinet was unexpectedly dismissed by President Kuchma.

In 2002, he was elected a National deputy of Ukraine, on the list of the electoral bloc of parties "For United Ukraine!".

Political Career Since 2004

Mr. Kinakh was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Party of Manufacturers and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine , which he has chaired since 2000. A particular feature of his election program is a pro-Ukrainian choice in foreign policy, saying that entry to the European Union should not be a barrier to the development of relationships with all CIS countries as well as with Russia.

During the election campaign Mr. Kinakh publicly broke ties with Viktor Yanukovych by declaring that no criminal can hold the post of the President of Ukraine. He later took an active part in the Orange Revolution on the side of Viktor Yushchenko.

External links

Personal site of Anatoliy Kinakh (in Ukrainian)

See also

• Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
• Prime Minister of Ukraine