Aliona Babak

Aliona Valeriyivna Babak (Ukrainian: Альона Валеріївна Бабак, born September 27, 1969)[1] is a Ukrainian politician who was appointed in August 2019 as Minister of Regional Development.[2] On 16 January 2020 she announced her resignation.[3][4] On 4 February 2020 she was formerly dismissed by Parliament (Verkhovna Rada).[5]

Aliona Babak
Альона Бабак
Babak in March 2013
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
27 November 2014 – 11 March 2017
Minister for Communities and Territories Development
In office
29 August 2019 – 4 February 2020
Prime MinisterOleksiy Honcharuk
Preceded byHennadiy Zubko
Succeeded byDenys Shmygal
Personal details
Born (1969-09-27) 27 September 1969
Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Political partySelf Reliance

Babak was a member of the Parliament of Ukraine of the 8th convocation, member of parliamentary faction Samopomich Union. She was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, appearing 8th on the party list of Samopomich Union.[1] She left parliament in March 2017 claiming "I'm not a politician, I'm more of an expert. Political activity is difficult for me as a person."[6]

Biography

Aliona Babak was born in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[7] Graduated with honours from the Kyiv State Pedagogic Institute of Foreign Languages, attaining the qualification of foreign languages teacher (English and French) in 1996.

In 1996, she won the Edmund Muskie Fund grant for studying in the US, which allowed her to attain master's degree in Business Administration and Finance from Old Dominion University, Virginia.

Since 1998, Babak has worked as an entrepreneur, manager of international projects, head specialist on pricing and financial management in housing and local development. In 2004, she co-founded and became a member of managing board of the charity organisation 'Local Development Institute', where she specialises on financial management of housing. She has written 30 academic papers on reforming housing and communal services and regulations for the natural monopolists.

She is a member of a working group on reforming of housing and communal services with the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine. Member of the Consulting Council at the National Commission on State Regulation of Communal Services.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Народний депутат України VIII скликання: Бабак Альона Валеріївна" [Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada: Aliona Valeriyivna Babak] (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada.
  2. New Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ), Ukrayinska Pravda (29 August 2019)
  3. Babak is leaving her post in Ministry of regions, – the source (Бабак йде з посади голови Мінрегіону, - джерело ). RBC Ukraine. 16 January 2020.
  4. Honcharuk has decided on new minister of communities and territories (Гончарук визначився із новим міністром громад і територій). TSN. 17 January 2020
  5. Ukraine's parliament appoints Shmyhal as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Community Development, UNIAN (4 February 2020)
  6. https://m.dt.ua/POLITICS/deputat-vid-samopomich-alona-babak-zalishit-verhovnu-radu-236075_.html
  7. "Aliona Babak". Self Reliance.
  8. "Бабак Альона Валеріївна". Government of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved September 12, 2019.
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