Yuriy Boyko

Yuriy Anatoliyovych Boyko (Ukrainian: Юрій Анатолійович Бойко, Russian: Ю́рий Анато́льевич Бо́йко; born 9 October 1958) is a Ukrainian politician who served as one of the Vice Prime Ministers of Ukraine between 2012 and 2014, as well as the Minister of Energy from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2010 to 2012. Other than during stint as Vice Prime Minister, he has continuously served as a Member of the Verkhovna Rada since 2007. Boyko ran for President in the March 2019 election, winning many districts in the southeast of the country but narrowly missing qualification for the second round by 4.28% of the votes.

Yuriy Boyko
Юрій Бойко
Юрий Бойко
Boyko in 2018
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office
24 December 2012  27 February 2014
Prime MinisterMykola Azarov
Preceded byBorys Kolesnikov
Succeeded byVolodymyr Kistion
Minister of Energy
In office
11 March 2010  12 December 2012
Prime MinisterMykola Azarov
Preceded byYuriy Prodan
Succeeded byEduard Stavytsky
In office
4 August 2006  18 December 2007
Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych
Preceded byIvan Plachkov
Succeeded byEduard Stavytsky
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
27 November 2014
In office
23 November 2007  12 December 2012
Deputy Minister of Energy
In office
July 2003  March 2005
Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych
Personal details
Born
Yuriy Anatoliyovych Boyko

(1958-10-09) 9 October 1958
Horlivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyPlatform for Life and Peace (since 2022)
Opposition Platform — For Life (2018–2022)
Opposition Bloc (2010–2018)
Party of Regions (2006–2010)
Republican Party of Ukraine (2005–2006)
SpouseVera
Children3 sons
3 daughters
Alma materEast Ukraine University
Russian University of Mendeleev
OccupationPolitician

Designated a Hero of Ukraine in 2004, Boyko was considered to be one of the primary proponents of closer relations with Russia in Ukrainian politics. Boyko was a leading figure of the now-banned Opposition Platform — For Life, which he led to second place in the July 2019 parliamentary election, and currently heads its successor, the Platform for Life and Peace. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which he opposed, he reversed some of his pro-Russian stances, now supporting Ukraine's proposed accession to the European Union. Prior to his political career, he was an expert on oil and gas policy.

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