Oleksii Petrovych Bilyi (; born 1 May 1961) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician. Hwas a Head of the Mariupol Iron & Steel Works (until 2006). He is a member of the Ukrainian parliament (since November 2007), and a member of the Economic Policy Committee (since December 2007).
Biography Bilyi was born on 1 May 1961 in the village of Kamyanka, Apostolove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Family: wife Irina (b. 1971) a teacher at Donetsk National University; two sons, Oleksandr (b. 1998) and Arseniy (b. 2003), daughter Amelia (b.2003).
Education Bilyi attended Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute (1988) with a major in "Chemical technology of fuel," and Donetsk National University (2001), majoring in Business Economics. From 1979 to 1981 he served in the Soviet Army.
Career 1981–1988 – worked as a fitter, site supervisor, senior master, and Deputy Chief of coke workshop at Kryvyi Rih coke plant. 1988–1990 – Chief of the coke workshop, Chief engineer. 1990–1996 — Director of the Yenakiieve coke plant. 1996–1998 – Chairman of the management board, JSC "Yenakiieve Coke Plant," Head of the plant. 1998–2000 – Chairman of the management board, JSC "Yenakiieve Metallurgical Plant". 2000–2002 – Deputy Chairman of Donetsk State Regional Administration on primary industries and energy. 2002–2006 – CEO of Mariupol Iron & Steel Works.
In November 2007, Oleksii was elected to the Verkhovna Rada with the Party of Regions, No.33 in the list. Chairman of the Subcommittee on government policy on the consumption of waste and scrap iron, Verkhovna Rada committee on economic policy. Member of the Permanent Delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of GUAM.
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he was re-elected into parliament; this time being placed 5th on the electoral list of the Opposition Bloc.Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament , Ukrinform (8 November 2014)People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC , Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) Full electoral list of Opposition Bloc, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 September 2014)
Awards Order of Merit, III class (2011), for personal contribution to nation-building, long-term legislative and political activity. Merited Worker of Industry of Ukraine (title) (2003). Medal "10 Years of Independence of Ukraine" (2001). "Miner's Glory" badge, III class (2002).
See also 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election List of Ukrainian Parliament Members 2007 Verkhovna Rada
References
External links Aleksey Bely' profile at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine official web-site