Opposition Bloc
Which party was Oleksandr Vilkul a member of between Jul 2017 and May 2018?
Oleksandr Vilkul Oleksandr Yuriyovych Vilkul or Aleksandr Yurevich Vilkul ( , ) is a Ukrainian Statesman , former Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine , Chief of State commission for technogenic and ecological safety and emergency situation . Biography . Born on 24 May 1974 in Kryvyi Rih . In 1996 graduated from Kryvyi Rih Technical University with a specialization in Open Cast Mining . He started his career as an Assistant of Engine Driver of excavator at OJSC Southern Iron Ore Enrichment Works , served as Mining Master . 1997-2001 – Led Commercial and Finance Department , General Deputy Director . 2001-2002 – Vice President of Economics and Foreign Economic Relations of Public Organization Academy of Mining Science of Ukraine . 2002-2003 – Deputy Chief Executive of Southern Iron Ore Enrichment Works ( SGOK ) . 2003-2004 - General Director of Central Iron Ore Enrichment Works ( CGOK ) . 2004-2006 – General Director of CGOK and Northern Iron Ore Enrichment Works ( NGOK ) 2006-2010 - Honorary President of CGOK and NGOK . Over 5 years period , he was in the top 10 of Ukrainian Top Managers according to ratings of TOP100 . Best Top Managers of Ukraine ( InvestGazeta ) and Guards of Managers ( Galitskie Kontrakty ) . From 2006 he was elected as MP of the 5th convocation ( fraction of Party of Regions ) . In July 2006 he was elected as Vice Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on issues of Industrial and Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship . From 2003 Vilkul became a member of Party of Regions . From 2005 he is a Chief of Kryvorizhska State Organization of the Party of Regions . In 2004 and 2006 was a Head of Kryvorizhskyi electoral headquarters of the Party of Regions . On early parliamentary election in 2007 became MP of Ukraine of the 6th convocation . He was Vice Chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Industrial and Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship . Being Ukrainian Peoples Deputy , Oleksandr Vilkul , had achieved redistribution of charge emission in favour of local government budgets . As a result , regions got 70% of ecological dues . In 2007 he was a head of electoral headquarter of the Party of Regions and in 2010 - electoral headquarter of the candidate for Presidency of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich at Dnipropetrovsk Region . From March 2010 Oleksandr Vilkul is a Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Organization of the Party of Regions . 18 March 2010 , according to Decree of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich No.384/2010 Vilkul was appointed Chairman of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration . From November 2010 Vilkul is a Deputy of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council . He was elected by majority voted system and got 83,17% votes of electors . 24 December 2012 by Decree of the President of Ukraine he was appointed as a Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine . According to The Ukrainian Week Vilkul is closely linked to Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov . Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( 18 March 2010 – 24 December 2012 ) . On 18 March 2010 by the Decree of the President of Ukraine Oleksandr Vilkul was appointed the President of the State Administration of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast . According to the Comments weekly newspaper , in 2010 Oleksandr Vilkul was recognized the best Governor in Ukraine . And following the results of the year of 2011 , Oleksandr Vilkul became the winner of the national award Person of the Year , having won the category Regional Leader . Vice Prime-Minister of Ukraine to present . 24 December 2012 by the Decree of the President of Ukraine Vilkul was appointed Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine . The sphere of competence of Oleksandr Vilkul as Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine includes the following areas : - Development of infrastructure , traffic and logistical capacity of the country ; - Introduction of modern electronic control systems in the state management ; - Affordable housing development and modernization of housing and communal services ; - Increasing the tourism potential ; - Preparation and holding of finals of the European Basketball Championship EuroBasket 2015 . The Yatsenyuk Government , without a post for Vilkul , was created in Ukraine in the aftermath of the Ukrainian revolution on 27 February 2014 . Vilkul was elected MP during the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election for Opposition Bloc . 2019 Presidential election campaign and loss of parliament seat . Vilkul was nominated by his party Opposition Bloc on 17 December 2018 to be their candidate in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election . But a Ukrainian court ruled three days before ( in response to a lawsuit filed by Peoples Deputy of Ukraine for Opposition Bloc Serhiy Larin ) that Opposition Blocs congress at which Vikul was to be nominated could not reorganize the party by any means . On 18 December 2018 the website of Opposition Bloc stated that therefore all the decisions made at the congress were invalid . On 20 December 2018 the website of Opposition Bloc was down . Vilkul was nominated for the presidency again by Opposition Bloc - Party for Development and Peace ( the recently renamed Industrial Party of Ukraine ) on 20 January 2019 . On 7 March 2019 Evgeny Murayev pulled out of the election favor of Vilkul . He also announced that the Vilkul party Opposition Bloc and Muraevs Nashi would soon merge . Vilkul lost the election , coming in 8th place out of the 39 candidates in the first round with 784,274 votes which represented 4.15% . The election was eventually won by Volodymyr Zelensky in the second round , defeating incumbent Petro Poroshenko . Vilkul was in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election at the top of the nationwide party-list of Opposition Bloc . But the nationwide list of this party won 3.23% of the votes and thus did not overcame the 5% election barrier keeping him out of parliament . In the 2020 Dnipro mayoral elections Vilkul ( for the party Bloc Vilkul – Ukrainian perspective ) gained 12.95% of the votes and third place and thus did not proceed to the second round of the election . Family . Marital Status – married to Olena Anatoliivna Vilkul ( was born in 1978 ) . They have a daughter Mariya ( was born in 2008 ) . Vilkuls father Yuri Vilkul was Mayor of Kryvyi Rih from 2010 until 2020 . In the 2010 Mayoral election Yuri Vilkul ran as a candidate for Mayor from Party of Regions and in the 2015 Mayoral election for Opposition Bloc . Oleksandr Vilkul – son of a miner in fourth generation . His grand-grandfather Borovskiy Oleksandr Vasyliovych ( born 10 October 1896 , in Kryvyi Rih – died 17 September 1972 ) . Civil War Participant , honorary citizen of Kryvyi Rih , was a member of the leadership of the Dzerzhinsky Mining Department , was awarded the Order of Lenin . Awards . 2003 – the lapel badge of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration For Region Development 2004 – Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine with commemorative medal 2005 – rank Honoured Worker of Industry of Ukraine 2008 – Order of Merit of 3rd class for substantial contribution to developing of mining and smelting industry 2009 – medal For Substantial Contribution to Development of Dnipropetrovsk Region 23 August 2011 by Decree of the President of Ukraine , for considerable personal contribution to the independence of Ukraine , statement of sovereignty and international authority , achievements related to national development , social and economic , scientific and technical , cultural and educational activity , faithful and impeccable service to people of Ukraine honoured with Order of Merit 2nd class . In 2012 , he was honoured with one of the highest awards of Ukrainian Orthodox Church – The Order of St . Andrew the Apostle the First-Called . In February 2012 , Oleksandr Vilkul received the highest award of Ukrainian Orthodox Church ( UOC ) – Mark of Distinction from Celebrant of UOC . Awarded with Order of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St . Nestor the Chronicler and also with Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 2nd degree . 16 May 2013 by Decree of President of Ukraine No.279/2013 Oleksandr V . was awarded with State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology for development and implementation equipment and technologies of production and application of high-efficiency , save explosive emulsion in Ukrainian mining plants . Hobbies . Candidate Master ( Chess ) . Candidate Master of Sports in Sambo . Oleksandr Vilkul passion is motorbikes . Oleksandr Vilkul is fond of Historical Literature .