Oleksii Sobolev
Oleksii Dmytrovych Sobolev is a Ukrainian politician serving as minister of economy, environment and agriculture since 2025. From 2022 to 2025, he served as first deputy minister of economy.
Early life and education
Oleksii Dmytrovych Sobolev was born in 1983. He holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Kyiv National Economic University. He has also earned a financial analyst certificate from the CFA Institute.Early career
Before entering government service, Sobolev worked in the financial and investment sector, including as an asset manager at Dragon Asset Management. During 2015–2016, he served as an adviser to the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, where he coordinated projects aimed at increasing transparency, implementing open data initiatives, and improving corporate governance of state-owned enterprises. From 2016 to 2018, he led the Prozorro.Sale project at Transparency International Ukraine, coordinating the development of IT solutions for transparent sale of state assets. In 2018, he became the head of the state enterprise “Prozorro.Sale.”In addition to his professional roles, Sobolev has been President of the CFA Society Ukraine, a community of financial analysts, and has served as Chair of the Advisory and Supervisory Group of CoST Ukraine, the Ukrainian chapter of the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative.