Oleh Hryhoryovych Bilorus (born 14 October 1939) is a Ukrainian politician, Dr.sc.oec, professor, member-corr. of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) (since May 1990, Department of Economics, International Management) Biography Family Bilorus was born on 14 October 1939 in Сhervona village, Fastiv Raion, Kyiv oblast in the family of teachers. He is married, his spouse Larisa (b. 1945) is as well a language teacher. Oleg Bilorus has two children, his son Igor (b. 1968) is an economist, daughter Irina (b. 1969) is a philologist, has a PhD in law. Education In 1960 Oleg Bilorus graduated from the Economics and Industrial Management faculty, Kyiv Institute of National Economy (with the engineer-economist specialization). He received his PhD with the thesis "The Problems of Combining the Industrial Production Processes" (1966), and doctorate thesis "Problems of Economics, Associations and Complexes (theory and methodology)"(1980). He also held research internships: 1964-1965 at the University of Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1974-1975 at Harvard University and Columbia University (United States). He speaks English, French, Serbian, Croatian, Polish, German languages. Oleg Bilorus is the author (or coauthor) of more than 500 scientific papers, including 27 individual and collective monographs and textbooks. Career 1960-1962 - engineer-economist, deputy head, head of planning and economic department of scientific production association (NPO) named after T. Shevchenko in Kharkiv 1962-1966 - post-graduate student at the Kyiv Institute of National Economy 1964-1965 - research fellow at the University of Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1966-1979 - assistant, senior research fellow, senior lecturer, associate dean, dean, rector of the Kyiv Institute of National Economy 1970-1979 - 1st vice-rector of the Kyiv Institute of National Economy 1974-1975 - research fellow at Harvard University and Columbia University (USA) 1979-1986 - director of the Department of Industry, Science and Technology at the UN Secretariat in Geneva 1986-1989 - deputy director of the Institute of Economics of USSR Planning Committee (Kyiv) 1989-1990 - deputy director, head of Department, Institute of Economics of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 1989-1992 - CEO (and founder) of the International Management Institute in Kyiv, the Director of Institute of the World Economy and International Relations affiliated with Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (since 1990) 1992-1994 - Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States 1996-1997 - advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavel Lazarenko. Member of "Lazarenko" All-Ukrainian Association "Hromada", presidium member and deputy chairman of the party (1996–1999) 1998-2002 - People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 3rd