Ukrainian President appoints Ihor Rainin as his chief of staff

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced the appointment of Kharkiv regional governor Ihor Rainin as head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine.

"I made a decision to appoint Ihor Levovych Rainin as head of the presidential administration," Poroshenko when opening a meeting of the National Reform Council on Monday.

Later the president said he will sign relevant decree after a government meeting on Monday.

Rainin, 43, he graduated from the Kharkiv Aviation Institute in 1997, where he studied engine and power systems for spacecraft, with a degree in mechanical engineering.

In 2000, he graduated from the Kharkiv branch of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine with a master's degree in public administration. He also has a PhD in public administration.

From September 1990 until July 1993 he was a technician in the Naladchik gas equipment cooperative and a service engineer at the state-run Techservice Engineering and Consulting Center.

From July 1993 until January 1996 he headed the Agris industrial and commercial company, then until April 1998 he was deputy director general, then director general of the Labor Protection Training Research and Production Center LLC.

In April-August 1998 he worked in Kolomak District State Administration.

From July 2000 to March 2001 he was the executive director of Labor Protection Training Research and Production Center LLC.

From March 2001 to April 2002 he headed of the department for coordination of international technical assistance projects of the Main Economy Directorate of Kharkiv Regional State Administration.

From April 2001 until March 2010 he was deputy, then first deputy head of the Economic Department of Kharkiv Regional State Administration.

In 2010 he was appointed director general of the National Research Center "Institute of Metrology".

From July 2010 until March 2014 he was deputy director of Sintofleks LLC.

From April until November 2014 Rainin was first deputy head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration.

From November 17, 2014 until February 3, 2015 he served as deputy head of the presidential administration.

On February 3, 2015, he was appointed chairman of Kharkiv Regional State Administration.

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