Sergii Marchenko | |
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Сергій Марченко | |
%2c_Ukrainian_Finance_Minister_in_2024_(cropped).jpg) Marchenko in 2024 | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office 30 March 2020 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal Yulia Svyrydenko |
| Preceded by | Ihor Umansky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1981-01-24)24 January 1981 (age 44) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Education | Academy of theState Tax Service of Ukraine |
| Occupation | Economist Politician |
Sergii Mykhailovych Marchenko (Ukrainian:Сергій Михайлович Марченко; born 24 January 1981[1]) is a Ukrainian economist and politician currently serving asMinister of Finance of Ukraine since 30 March 2020.[2][3] Previously, he has served as Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine from 2016 to 2018 and as Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine from 2018 to 2019.[3]
Honorary Professor of Practice at the Kyiv School of Economics (2024).[4] Chair of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank (2023).[5]
In 2002 Marchenko graduated from theState Tax Service Academy with the Master's degree in Public Finance Management (diploma with honours, the President of Ukraine scholar in 2001–2002).
In 2009 Marchenko obtained a PhD degree in economics (Candidate of Economic Sciences).[6]
Starting from 2002 Marchenko worked on several positions in theMinistry of Finance, State Tax Administration, Finance and Banking Committee and theSecretariat of Cabinet of Ministers.[1]
He studied at the Academy of International Cooperation in Germany in a program for senior executives, at the Harvard Kennedy School in the United States, at the University of Warsaw in Poland, and at the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in the Republic of Korea.[7]
In 2011 Marchenko participated in the Management and Leadership Program atHarvard Kennedy School, and he began his work at the Presidential Coordination Center of Reforms Implementation. He participated in Budget Code development. The Code was adopted in 2014. This Code is important particularly because of fiscal decentralization reform. Mr. Marchenko coordinated the preparation of a package of legislative bills aimed at changing the budgeting and improvement of autonomy of healthcare institutions.
Starting 2014, he worked as an expert for Bendukidze Free Market Center, one of the largest Ukrainian think tanks developing modern policy options and engagement strategies with decision-makers in government, business, and society and developed a concept of the Program of Leadership in Public Finance and then implemented it with Kyiv school of economics in 2015–2016.[8]
From 2016 to 2018 he worked as Deputy Minister of Finance, leading the social and humanitarian sector..[9][10]
From 2018 to 2019 Marchenko held the position of Deputy Head of thePresidential Administration.[11][12]
In the2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Marchenko was number 7 on the election list of the partyUkrainian Strategy of Groysman.[13] The party failed to win any seats.[14]
Member of theNSDC since 7 April 2020.[15]
On 30th Match 2020 year on the second attempt was appointed as aMinister of Finance of Ukraine.[16]
In July 2020 as a Minister of Finance he was ranked No. 4 in Top-40 most influential young politicians in Ukraine according to Correspondent magazine.[17]
In 2023, he chaired[18] the Board of Governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The decision on his appointment was unanimously approved by all member countries during the annual autumn joint session of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington.
In a statement regarding his appointment, Serhiy Marchenko noted:[19]
[...] This happened for the first time in 30 years of Ukraine's membership in the World Bank and the IMF. [...] It is a great honor to represent Ukraine on the international financial stage. The new status will enhance the effectiveness of cooperation with international financial organizations and the member countries of the World Bank and the IMF.
Since 26th January 2023, Marchenko is co-chairman of the Multi-Agency Donor Coordination Platform for Ukraine.[20]
In November 2023, he was recognized as one of the 15 leaders in the "Public Administration" category of the "UP-100 List of Ukraine's Leaders" ranking[21] by the publicationUkrainian Pravda.
The Minister of Finance of Ukraine has several deputies:[22]Denys Uliutin, Oleksandr Kava, Roman Yermolychev, Svitlana Vorobei, Olha Zykova, Yuriy Draghanchuk, and Oleksandr Hrubiyan.
Married to Marina Marchenko.[24] The couple has three children: Aurora, Leonid, and Demyan.
Sergii Marchenko is passionate abouttriathlon, having participated in three Ironman 70.3 or "Half Ironman" races (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling, and 21 km running). He successfully finished two of them in Turkey and Finland. In Portugal, he got injured during the cycling portion and could not complete the race.[25]
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