Oleksiy Plotnikov

Oleksiy Vitaliyovych Plotnikov is a Ukrainian economist and politician. He obtained his doctorate in economics in 1994, and became a professor in 1998. He subsequently became a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 5th and 6th convocations, and participated in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination from 2010 to 2013.

Education

In 1986, he graduated from the Faculty of Finance and Economics of the Kyiv Institute of National Economy with a degree in finance and credit.
In 1991, at the Kyiv Institute of National Economy, he completed his PhD thesis on "Financial and Economic Relations in the Process of Property Sales" in the specialty "Political Economy".
In 1994, at the Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University, he completed his doctoral dissertation on "Financial Management in Transnational Corporations" in the specialty "International Economic Relations".
In 1998, the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine awarded him the academic title of Professor in the specialty "World Economy and International Economic Relations".

Career

1992-1994: Senior Researcher at the Department of World Market Models and Privatization Problems, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
1994-2012: Head of the Department of International Monetary and Financial Relations, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
2006-2007: People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 5th convocation. Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy ; Chairman of the Investigative Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on checking the effectiveness of the functioning of Special Economic Zones and Priority Development Territories in Ukraine ; Member of the Ukrainian part of the Committee on Parliamentary Cooperation Between Ukraine and the European Union; Head of the group on inter-parliamentary relations with the Republic of Bulgaria; Head of the group on inter-parliamentary relations with the Republic of Macedonia; Member of the Party of Regions faction.
2007-2012: People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 6th convocation. Member of the Committee on Economic Policy, Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy; Member of the investigative commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the investigation of the circumstances of violation of the Constitution of Ukraine, the Land Code of Ukraine, other laws of Ukraine and the adoption of illegal decisions by the Kyiv City Council in the period from 2007 to 2010; Head of the group on inter-parliamentary relations with the Republic of Bulgaria; Member of the Party of Regions faction. Full Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination.
2012-2013: Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine.
2012-2014: Chief Researcher, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Since 03.2018: Leading Researcher, Institute of Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
He was recognised as a Civil Servant of the 1st Rank in October 2007.
In August 2010, the President of Ukraine awarded him the honorary title of Honored Economist of Ukraine.