Tymofiy Mylovanov | |
Office: | Minister of Economic Development and Trade |
Primeminister: | Oleksiy Honcharuk |
Term Start: | 29 August 2019 |
Term End: | 4 March 2020 |
Predecessor: | Stepan Kubiv |
Successor: | Pavlo Kukhta (Acting) |
Birth Date: | 18 March 1975 |
Birth Place: | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Party: | Independent |
Alma Mater: | Kyiv School of Economics |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
In 1997 Mylovanov received a bachelor's degree in management at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.[1] In 1999 he got a master's degree in economics at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.[1] In 2001 he obtained a master's degree in economics at University of Wisconsin–Madison and in 2004 Mylovanov graduated with a Ph.D. in economics at University of Wisconsin–Madison.[1]
In 2004–2008 Mylovanov worked as postdoctoral and junior professor at University of Bonn.[1] In 2008–2011 he worked as assistant professor at University of Pennsylvania.[1] 2010–2013 he worked as lecturer at Pennsylvania State University.[1] From 2015 to 2019 he was an associate professor with tenure in University of Pittsburgh.[1] From 2016 Mylovanov is a president of Kyiv School of Economics.[1] In 2014 and 2015 he took the leading places in the Forbes Ukraine ranking of Ukrainian economists who have achieved the greatest success in the scientific field.[3]
On 7 July 2016, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine elected him to the council of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and since October 2016 he has held a position of the deputy chairman of the council of the National Bank of Ukraine.[3]
On 29 August 2019 the Verkhovna Rada appointed Tymofiy Mylovanov as Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine.[2] After his resignation, Mylovanov was offered the position of Minister of Agriculture in the Shmyhal Government, but he refused because "it would be another type of government where I would not be effective.[4] [5] President Volodymyr Zelensky then offered him a post in the Presidential administration of Ukraine which Mylovanov also refused.[5] He did offer to continue to lead the Ministry of Economy, but he was told "that there were no votes for me."[5]
After his dismissal as government minister Mylovanov was appointed president of the Kyiv School of Economics and returned to the University of Pittsburgh.[6]