Ihor Sorkin


Ihor Vyacheslavovych Sorkin is a former chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine.

Biography

Early years. Military career

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.

Education

Ihor Sorkin has three higher educations:
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 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.

State awards