Oleh Bilorus

Oleg Grigoryevich Bilorus is a Ukrainian politician, Dr.sc.oec, Professor, member-corr. of NASU (since May 1990, Department of Economics, International Management)

Biography

Family

Oleg Grigoryevich Bilorus was born on October 14, 1939, in Сhervona village, Fastov rayon, Kiev region in the family of teachers.^[1] He is married, his spouse Larisa (b. 1945) is as well a language teacher. Oleg Bilorus has two children, his son Igor (b. 1968) is an economist, daughter Irina (b. 1969) is a philologist, has a PhD in law.^[2]

Education

In 1960 Oleg Bilorus graduated from the Economics and Industrial Management faculty, Kiev Institute of National Economy (with the engineer-economist specialization). He received his PhD with the thesis "The Problems of Combining the Industrial Production Processes" (1966), and doctorate thesis "Problems of Economics, Associations and Complexes (theory and methodology)"(1980).^[2] He as well held research internships:

• 1964-1965 at the University of Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
• 1974-1975 at Harvard University and Columbia University (USA).^[3]

He speaks English, French, Serbian, Croatian, Polish, German languages. Oleg Bilorus is the author (or coauthor) of more than 500 scientific papers, including 27 individual and collective monographs and textbooks.^[4]

Interests

Oleg Bilorus is interested in foreign languages, literature, hunting, gardening, hiking, singing.

Career

• 1960-1962 - engineer-economist, Deputy Head, Head of planning and economic department of scientific production association (NPO) named after T. Shevchenko in Kharkov
• 1962-1966 - post-graduate student at the Kiev Institute of National Economy
• 1964-1965 - research fellow at the University of Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
• 1966-1979 - Assistant, Senior Research Fellow, Senior Lecturer, Associate Dean, Dean, Rector of the Kiev Institute of National Economy
• 1970-1979 - 1st Vice-rector of the Kiev Institute of National Economy
• 1974-1975 - research fellow at Harvard University and Columbia University (USA)
• 1979-1986 - Director of the Department of Industry, Science and Technology at the UN Secretariat in Geneva
• 1986-1989 - Deputy Director of the Institute of Economics of USSR Planning Committee (Kiev)
• 1989-1990 - Deputy Director, Head of Department, Institute of Economics of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• 1989-1992 - CEO (and founder) of the International Management Institute in Kiev, the Director of Institute of the World Economy and International Relations affiliated with Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (since 1990)
• 1992-1994 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States
• 1996-1997 - Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavel Lazarenko. Member of "Lazarenko" All-Ukrainian Association "Hromada", presidium member and deputy chairman of the party (1996-1999)^[5]
• 1998-2002 - People’s Deputy of Ukraine in the 3rd Verkhovna Rada from "Hromada"

Politic ambitions

• March 1998-April 2002 - People's Deputy of the 3rd Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, from "Hromada", No. 8 in the list
• April 2002-May 2006 - People's Deputy of the 4th Verkhovna Rada, from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, No. 6 in the list
• May 2002-February 2005 - Deputy Chairman of the BYuT, since February 2005 - Chairman of the BYuT fraction
• May 2006-June 2007 - People's Deputy of the 5th Verkhovna Rada, elected from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, No. 11 in the list
• since August 2006 - Deputy Chairman, 1st Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
• since September 2006 - Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Permanent Delegation to the OSCE

• Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Foreign Affairs
• Deputy Co-Chairman of Interparliamentary Cooperation Commission of the Parliament of Ukraine and the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation
• Deputy Co-Chairman of Interparliamentary Cooperation Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus
• Deputy Co-Chairman of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Sejm and Senate of Poland
• Member of the Ukrainian part of the Interparliamentary Council Ukraine-NATO
• Chairman of the Permanent Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
• Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Parliamentary Group in the Interparliamentary Union
• Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Malta
• Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Belarus
• Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the United States of America
• Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the People's Republic of China
• Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of India
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the State of Qatar
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with Palestine
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with Iran
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Yemen
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Kingdom of Bahrain
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Cyprus^[6]

Awards and titles

• Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine
• Doctor of Economics
• A Diplomat of the Year (USA, 1994)
• Awardee of Schlichter prize, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1989), and of M.Ptukha prize, (2000)

• 1972, 1976 - Excellence distinction of higher education of the USSR
• 1999 - Colonel-General of Zaporizhzhya Cossacks
• 1970 - Honorary Hunter of Ukraine
• 1970 - Medal "For Valorous Work"
• 2005 - Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Diplomatic rank - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine (March 1992).^[5]

See also

• Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007
• List of Ukrainian Parliament Members 2007

External links

• Oleg Bilorus' profile at the official web site of Verkhovna Rada

References

1. ^ Oleg Bilorus profile at liga.net
2. ^ ^{a b} "Политрада. Аналитика о политиках. Досье политиков, их обещания и цитаты. - Билорус Олег Григорьевич". Politrada.com. http://politrada.com/dossier/persone/id/794. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
3. ^ "УБОП : Досье : Билорус Олег Григорьевич". Ubop.net.ua. 1939-10-14. http://ubop.net.ua/dose/bilorus-oleg-grigorevich.html. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
4. ^ "Олег Билорус - ЛІГА:Досье // Биография и фото Олег Билорус". File.liga.net. http://file.liga.net/person/100.html. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Білорус Олег Григорович". Bilorus.openua.net. http://www.bilorus.openua.net/bio.php. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
6. ^ "Народний Депутат України". W1.c1.rada.gov.ua. http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_deputat?d_id=2083. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 

Persondata
Name	Bilorus, Oleg
Alternative names
Short description	Member of Parliament
Date of birth	October 14, 1939
Place of birth	Сhervona village, Fastov rayon, Kiev region, Ukraine
Date of death
Place of death