Valery Pyatnitsky

Valery Teziyovych Pyatnitsky is a Ukrainian politician and statesman. Government's Commissioner for European Integration.

Biography

Valery Pyatnitsky was born April 19, 1962, in Chervona Motovylivka.
In 1985 graduated from faculty of cybernetics in Taras Shevchenko State University of Kyiv.
During 1987–1990 – PhD student of Taras Shevchenko State University of Kyiv. in 1999–2002 – doctorant in Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics.
Candidate of Economics Sciences. Docent.

1985–1986: engineer in Scientific and Research part of Taras Shevchenko State University of Kyiv
1986–1987: trainee-teacher, Department of Economic Cybernetics, Taras Shevchenko State University of Kyiv
1987 – engineer in Laboratory of economic cybernetics
1990–1996: assistant, docent
1996–1999: deputy chairman of department – chairman of section, deputy chairman of Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation
1999–2003: docent of chair
2003 – state secretary for European Integration
2003–2005: 1st deputy minister of Economy and European Integration of Ukraine, deputy chairman of the Joint Parliamentary-Government Committee of Ukraine's integration into the WTO
2005 – adviser of Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, a leading expert of the «Trade policy in Ukraine» project
2005–2011: deputy minister of Economy of Ukraine
Since July 13, 2011 – Government's Commissioner for European Integration

Pyatnitsky was appointed by the Yatsenyuk Government to lead the Institution of Trade Representative in Ukraine on 20 August 2014. Then Minister of Economical Development and Trade Pavlo Sheremeta disagreed with this appointment and resigned over it on 21 August 2014.