Stepan Kubiv, MP from the European Solidarity Party, has died
Фото: Верховна Рада
On Monday, May 18, Stepan Kubiv, a People’s Deputy of Ukraine of the current convocation, former First Deputy Prime Minister and former Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine, died. He was 64 years old, and celebrated his birthday on March 19.
This was reported by the press service of the Verkhovna Rada.
The parliament reported that Stepan Kubiv was a current People’s Deputy of Ukraine, a member of the Committee on Economic Development and worked as part of the European Solidarity faction. The Verkhovna Rada also expressed condolences to his family and loved ones.
Stepan Kubiv was elected as a People’s Deputy of Ukraine in three convocations – the seventh, eighth, and ninth. In the ninth convocation, he entered parliament on the list of the European Solidarity party under number 12.
In different years, he held key government positions in the economic and financial sectors. From February to June 2014, Stepan Kubiv headed the National Bank of Ukraine and was a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
From 2016 to 2019, he served as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, responsible for the economic bloc of the government.
He also had significant experience in the banking sector: in 2000–2008, he headed OJSC Kredobank, and previously held management positions at Western Ukrainian Commercial Bank and Lviv Bank.
In addition to state and banking activities, Kubiv worked in the scientific field – he was an associate professor at the Department of Marketing and Logistics at the Lviv Polytechnic National University.
In his public and political activities, he was associated with the “Front of Changes” and “Our Ukraine” movements, and also worked in the Lviv Regional Council and at the local level.
During the Euromaidan, Stepan Kubiv served as the commandant of the Trade Union Building in Kyiv, which was occupied by protesters.
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