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Aleksey Alekseevich Kostusyev (b. 29 June 1954) (Алексей Алексеевич Костусев ) is a Ukrainian economist and politician. Since 31 October 2010, he has been mayor of Odessa.

Early life
Kostusyev's father was a Soviet frontier guard officer. Kostusyev was born on 29 June 1954 in Nevelsk, a port on the southwest coast of Sakhalin, an island in the far east of the Soviet Union. His ancestors served in the Russian Army at the Battle of Borodino, the Battle of Shipka Pass, in the conquest of Turkestan, and the Battle of Mukden.

Kostusyev spent his childhood and adolescence in Odessa. After he finished school he went to the Odessa National Economic Institute, and graduated in 1975. He then served in the Soviet armed forces from 1975 to 1977, reaching the rank of sergeant.

Odessa Marine Fleet Engineers Institute
In 1977, he joined the Odessa Marine Fleet Engineers Institute as a junior research officer, rising to become an associate professor, and later head of the department over the next 15 years.

Politics
In 1991, Kostusyev became Deputy Head of the district executive committee for the Odessa's Kievskiy District (raion). The next year, he was appointed chairman of Odessa Municipal Privatisation Committee. In that role, he started the Odessa Civil Forum organisation.

Kostusyev was elected to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) in 1998. He became chairman of the Rada's Economical Policy, National Economy and Property Management and Investments Affairs Committee in February 2000. From 2001 to 2008 he was chairman of Ukraine’s Anti-Monopoly Committee. In 2004, he was the first Ukrainian to be appointed chairman of the Commonwealth of Independent States Intergovernmental Anti-Monopoly Policy Council, and currently the honorary chairman of this body. On October 31, 2010, Kostusyev was elected the Mayor of Odessa.

Publications
Kostusyev is the author of over 150 scientific, educational and methodological papers.

Awards
Kostusyev is a chevalier of the Order of Merit (I, II and III Classes), and Order of the Saint Equal to the Apostles Prince Vladimir (I, II and III Classes). He was awarded the Nativity of Christ Order (I Class).