Ihor Sorkin

Ihor Vyacheslavovych Sorkin (Ігор В'ячеславович Соркін, Ihor Vyacheslavovych Sorkin) is a Ukrainian banker who was a former chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine between 2013 and 2014.

Early years and military service
Igor Sorkin was born on March 3, 1967, in Donetsk. He graduated from high school in 1984. In 1988–1996 he served in the Soviet Army and the National Guard of Ukraine (commander landing assault platoon, reconnaissance battalion and regimental intelligence chief of the National Guard).

Education
Ihor Sorkin has three higher education degrees:
 * in 1988 he graduated from the Baku Higher Combined-Arms Command School with a degree in engineering.
 * in 1998 he graduated from Donetsk State University with a degree in law.
 * in 2006 he graduated from Donetsk National University with a degree in banking.

Career
Since 1996 he has been working in the system of the National Bank of Ukraine (economist of 1st category, leading economist, chief economist at the department, head of the sector, deputy head of the department, since 2001 - head of Banking Supervision department in Office of the National Bank of Ukraine in the Donetsk Oblast)

In July 2010 he was appointed deputy governor of the National Bank of Ukraine

Since January 17, 2011 he was the 3d ranking civil servant.

In December 2012 he became acting governor of the National Bank of Ukraine and on January 11, 2013, he was appointed governor of the National Bank of Ukraine by Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine after being proposed by President Viktor Yanukovych.

Since January 18, 2013 he has been a member of National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

On 24 February 2014, just after the "Maidan revolution", the Verkhovna Rada dismissed Sorkin as governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.

On 17 March 2014 the Kiev Pechersky District Court approved the arrest Sorkin in absentia on suspicion of embezzlement.

Family
Sorkin's parents live in Moscow, Russia. Where his father Vyacheslav Sorkin is an executive of Gazprom.

Sorkin's wife Anzhela is a former executive of UkrBusinessBank. The head of the board of this bank was Sorkins predecessor as national bank governor Serhiy Arbuzov; while UkrBusinessBank was owned by Oleksandr Yanukovych who is the son of president Viktor Yanukovych at the time of the appointment of Sorkin as national bank governor.

Recognition
Sorkin was Merited Economist of Ukraine (since December 1, 2011 )