Mykola Kucher
Микола Кучер
Official portrait, 2019
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
27 November 2014
Preceded byHryhoriy Zabolotnyi
ConstituencyVinnytsia Oblast, No. 17
Personal details
Born (1959-07-24) 24 July 1959
Hordiyivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations

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 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

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

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

  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.
  4. 1 2 "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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