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 | (1960-01-13)January 13, 1960 (age 66) |
| 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 fromVoronezh University and theDonbas Mining-Metallurgical Institute.[1] He has worked as adiamond cutter before becoming a chief process engineer atOrdzhonikidzevugillya coal mine.[1] In the years 2002-2005 he was the first deputy chairman ofZhytomyr 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 theVerkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) for theParty of Regions[3][4][5] He did not participate in the2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election and2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[6][7]
During his time as minister, he helped develop relations withChina 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]
The Prosecutor General's Office asked courts to arrest Prysyazhnyuk in early 2014 on charges ofembezzlement worth more than 270 million hryvnias and they asked the court for restraint in the form of detention.[11] On 21 March 2014, law enforcement officers seized both dollars and hryvnias from him, and Switzerland froze his bank account on 28 February.[11] On 5 April, he was put onInterpol's wanted list.[12] On 7 April, he was put on the wanted list of Ukraine and thePechersk District Court of Kyiv gave permission for him to be detained.[13] In 2017 the Prosecutor General's Office started the process of applying to the court permission to convict himin absentia.[12]