Yevhen Chervonenko
Yevhen Alfredovych Chervonenko (; born 20 December 1959) is a Ukrainian politician and racing driver. He was governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast from 2005 to 2007. Chervonenko previously served as Minister of Transportation and Communication in 2005. Member of Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) of the 4th convocation (2002–2005). He is of Jewish descent. Biography He was born was on 20 December 1959, in Dnipropetrovsk. Yevhen Chervonenko studied at the elite Dnipropetrovsk school number 23. He extramurally studied at Physics and Mathematics School of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. In 1982 he graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of National Mining University of Ukraine (Dnipropetrovsk). Being a student, he worked as a mechanic at Sovtransavto. During summer holidays he worked as a truck driver. In 1982–1985 he was the design engineer of the special design department of the «Dnepromashobogaschenie» Institute. In 1986 he became a professional car driver in racing, later – the member of the USSR national team, master of sports of the USSR of international class in rallying, prize winner of the European and USSR championships. In 1987 he established the first in the USSR professional auto racing team ″Perestroika″. As a rally racer he became the Champion of Ukraine and the Champion of Ukrainian Games (1983), USSR Master of Sports, member of the USSR national team (1985), winner and prize winner of the European Championship, Champion of the USSR Peoples Games (1988), USSR Master of Sports of international class (1989 ), USSR rally champion. In 1988, he established the ″Trans-Rally″ freight company. In 1992, he founded the ″Lviv Van Pur″ joint venture company – the first company in the CIS that mastered the production of canned beer and canned soft drinks. In 1994–1995 Yevhen Chervonenko was the chairman of the ″Rogan Van Pur″ joint venture company, Head of the Industrial Group ″Ukraine Van Pur″, Member of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (UUIE). Since 1997, he has been a board member of the UUIE, Head of the Commission for the Development of Entrepreneurship, Vice President of the ″Kyiv-Taipei″ Society, member of the Council of Employers and Producers under the President of Ukraine, President of the ″Orlan″ Concern. In 1997–2000 Yevhen Chervonenko served as the president (owner) of the ″Orlan″ concern, which specified in the production of non-alcoholic beverages and freight traffic. In 2001–2002 he became the honorary president of the ″Orlan″ concern. Since 1998 he has started his political career. He was the People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the IV convocation, from the ″Nasha Ukraina″ (Our Ukraine) party. During the elections for the post of President of Ukraine in 2004, Yevhen Chervonenko headed the personal security guard of Viktor Yushchenko. From November 2004 to January 2005 he was the member of the National Salvation Committee. Since January 2001 – the President of the Shooting Federation of Ukraine. Since April 2002 – Vice-President of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress. From February to September 2005 he was the Minister of Transport and Communications. 17 March