Leonid Kozachenko

Leonid Kozachenko (Ukrainian: Козаченко Леонід Петрович, born 14 May 1955) is a Ukrainian politician, People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 8th convocation, President of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation. Former Vice Prime Minister of Agrarian Policy^[1] (June 9, 2001^[2] - November 26, 2002), Academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Technology (since 1997).

Kozachenko was born on 10 January 1955 in the village of Vepryk, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union.^[3] In 1977, he graduated from the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy with a major in mechanical engineering.^[3] He was then the head of the central workshop for the collective farm "Kozhanskyi" located in the Fastiv Raion.^[3] After a year, he became chief engineer of the state farm "Bolshevik" (also in Fastiv) and was later chairman of the board for the collective farm for the village of Pylypivka.^[3]

In 1986, he was appointed to be a party worker, which he did until 1988.^[3] He then attended the All-Union Academy of Foreign Trade], which he graduated from in 1991 with a specialization in foreign trade.^[3] Afterwards, he served as Head of the Department of Agricultural Marketing and Licenses for the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.^[3] He then returned to private work, heading the JSC "Ukragrobusiness" and became a member of the Council of Entrepreneurs and Employers.^[3]

On 9 June 2001, he was appointed Vice Prime Minister of Agrarian Policy.^[2] He did this until 2002, when he became President of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation.^[4] Until July 2003, he was also an adviser to the Prime Minister.^[3] In 2005, he became an advisor to President Viktor Yushchenko, and then to Mayor of Kyiv Leonid Chernovetskyi.^[4]

He is married with two children.