Mykola Kucher

Mykola Kucher
Mykola Kucher
Микола Кучер
	Official portrait, 2019
People's Deputy of Ukraine
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 November 2014
Preceded by	Hryhoriy Zabolotnyi
Constituency	Vinnytsia Oblast, No. 17
Personal details
Born	24 July 1959 (age 65); Hordiyivka [uk], Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Ukrainian People's Party (2005–2010); PPB (2014–2019); Dovira (since 2019);

Mykola Ivanovych Kucher (Ukrainian: Микола Іванович Кучер; born 24 August 1959) is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur, currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine since 26 November 2014.^[1]

Education

In 1981, he graduated from the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy with a degree in agronomy.

Career

1981 – the main agronomist of collective farm, Trostianchyk [uk] village, Trostianets Raion
1989–1992 – chair of Trostianets regional agro-industrial corporation
1992–1994 – director of agricultural and food management of Trostianets regional administration
1994–1995 – deputy manager of agriculture and food management of Vinnytsia Oblast government
1995–1999 – Head of Department managing Vinnytsia oblast administration
1999–2000 – Head of department deputy manager Ukraine's Bread (Kyiv)
2000–2002 – first deputy manager Bread of Ukraine
2002–2004 – chairman of the board of directors of Bread of Ukraine
2004–2013 – director of Grain Product MHP
Since 2013 — Department director Mironivsky Hliboproduct

Political career

Since 2010 — Deputy of Vinnytsia Oblast Council (Ukrainian People's Party).

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kucher won electoral district No. 17 (Vinnytsia Oblast) as an independent candidate with 47.64%.^[2]

27 November 2014– — member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on agriculture policy and land relations and member of faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity"^[3]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kucher was re-elected in single-seat constituency 17 again as an independent candidate with 34.97% of the votes.^[4]^[5]

In December 2018, he sent a request–the court–take on bail the former acting Myroslav Prodan, head of the Fiscal Service of Ukraine (suspected of illegal enrichment of UAH 89 million in 2016–2018).^[6]

Private life

He is married, with two children. In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kucher's daughter Larysa Bilozir was elected in single-seat constituency 15.^[4]

Recognition

A Candidate of Agricultural Science (Ukraine)
Honoured Agricultural Worker of Ukraine
Order of Merit, 3rd Class (Ukraine)

References

^ "Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine". iportal.rada.gov.ua.
^ "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
^ "Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine". gapp.rada.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Білозір у Раді, дубль 2: невістка співачки пройшла в парламент по мажоритарці". tabloid.pravda.com.ua.
^ "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
^ "Декілька депутатів виявили бажання взяти екс-очільника ДФС Продана на поруки (відео)". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 October 2021.

External links

Parliament of Ukraine, official web portal

[1] "Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine". iportal.rada.gov.ua.

[2] "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.

[3] "Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine". gapp.rada.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

[auto-4] "Білозір у Раді, дубль 2: невістка співачки пройшла в парламент по мажоритарці". tabloid.pravda.com.ua.

[5] "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.

[6] "Декілька депутатів виявили бажання взяти екс-очільника ДФС Продана на поруки (відео)". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 October 2021.

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