Oleksii Bilyi

Oleksii Petrovych Bilyi was 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
Oleksii 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
Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute (1988), with a major in "Chemical technology of fuel," 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.

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).