Oleh Soskin
Director of the Institute of Society Transformation,
Head of the Ukrainian National Conservative Party.
Born on April 30, 1954 in Kyiv. Married, has a daughter.
EDUCATION:
September - October, 1994 Oleg Soskin has successfully completed the Seminar for Ukrainian Parliamentarians on Economic and Financial Policy and he has gotten the Certificate of the Brookings Institution, Washington, D. C., USA
January - February, 1994 He passed a special course for Senior Ukrainian Professionals at the Economics Institute, Colorado state, Washington, D. C., USA. Gets the Certificate
December,1992 Oleg Soskin has successfully completed the program of Management - training at the Management Academy of Germany and got the Certificate
1984 Ph.D. in economics, thesis in "The role of export sector of economy in the process of reconstruction in the developing states (based on the materials of petroleum export countries)".
1980-1983 Kyiv State University of Taras Shevchenko, post-graduate student
1975-1980 studied at Kyiv State University (KSU) of Taras Shevchenko, Economic Faculty, graduated with distinction
1961-1971 Secondary school
WORK ACTIVITIES
2000 - Present Institute of Society Transformation
Director
October, 1998 - February, 2000 Adviser of the President of Ukraine on economic issues
1993-1996 Deputy Director on science of the Institute of the World Economy and Foreign Relations at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Ukraine
Since 1994 Director of the Institute of Society Transformation
1994 Head of the Deputy Club "Leader"
June-October, 1993 Financial director of Ukrainian fund "New Generation"
1992-1993 Senior Adviser of the President of Ukraine on business and foreign trade activities, Adviser of the Prime Minister on macroeconomics. Signed in for resignation due to personal disagreement with the policy aimed at construction of the state-monopoly clan capitalism in Ukraine
1990-1992 Executive Director of Ukrainian Institute of the Market Relations - "Market" center
1988-1990 Professor, the Chair of foreign politology relations of the Institute of and social management (the former Higher Party School)
1983-1988 Assistant Professor at Kyiv State University of Taras Shevchenko, Economic Faculty
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
Since April, 1996 Chairman of Ukrainian National Conservative Party
May, 1995 signed in for resignation from the position of the Liberal Party of Ukraine President due to the disagreement with the cosmopolitan course, imposed on the party by its political executive committee
1994-1995 The President of the Liberal Party of Ukraine
19th of August, 1991 left the CPSU in the protest against the attempt by the communist top to disrupt the process of democratic development of society
1990-1991 a member of the organizing committee of the Democratic Platform in the Communist Party of Ukraine.
1975- August, 1991 The CPSU member
The author of more than 450 scientific articles and monographic chapters.
The results of the studies have been applied in the practice of the legislative and executive power bodies.
Phone: +380 44 235 9828 (w)
Fax: +380 44 235 8023 (w)
Tel./fax: +380 44 442 41 89 (h)
E-mail: os@soskin.kiev.ua
WEB: http://soskin
