Taras Viktorovych Kutovy (Ukrainian: Тарас Вікторович Кутовий; 25 February 1976 – 21 October 2019) was a Ukrainian economist and politician.
Taras Kutovy | |
|---|---|
Тарас Кутовий | |
 Kutovy in 2015 | |
| Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine | |
| In office 14 April 2016[1] – 22 November 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Volodymyr Groysman |
| Preceded by | Oleksiy Pavlenko |
| Succeeded by | Maxim Martynyuk (acting)[2] |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| 7th convocation | |
| In office December 12, 2012[3] – November 27, 2014[3] | |
| Constituency | UDAR, No.151 electoral district |
| 8th convocation | |
| In office November 27, 2014[4] – December 2, 2014[4] | |
| Constituency | Petro Poroshenko Bloc, No.151 electoral district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Taras Viktorovych Kutovy 25 February 1976 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 21 October 2019 (aged 43) Poltava Oblast, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" |
| Other political affiliations | UDAR |
| Alma mater | National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine (1997) Kyiv National Economic University (1998) International Management Institute Kyiv (2002) |
| Occupation | Economist, statesman |
On 14 April 2016, he was appointed minister of agrarian policy and food of Ukraine in the Groysman government.[5] On 23 May 2017, he announced that he wanted to resign from this position and asked lawmakers to support his decision.[5][6] On 22 November 2018, the parliament approved his resignation.[2] Kutovy died in a helicopter crash in Ukraine's Poltava Oblast on 21 October 2019 at the age of 43.[7]