President of the All-Ukrainian public organization "Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation"

KOZACHENKO Leonid, President of the All-Ukrainian public organization "Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation"

Date of birth: May 14, 1955

Place of birth: Veprik, Fastiv district Kyiv region

Family status: married, has two daughters

Education, speciality:

• higher, Ukrainian agricultural academy, mechanical engineer, year of completion - 1977
• All-union academy of foreign trade ( Moscow), foreign trade economist, year of completion - 1991

Career:

• 1979 – Head of collective farm in Fastiv district of Kyiv region
• 1991 – Head of agricultural marketing and licensees department of the Ministry of Agriculture of Ukraine
• October 1991 – general director of JSC “Ukragrobusiness”
• January, 3rd, year 2000 – General Director of LLC"Agroland"
• June, 3rd, year 2001 - November 2002 - vice-prime minister of Ukraine in agriculture

Public activities and membership in other organizations:

• President of commodity exchange "Ukrainian futures commodity exchange"
• Vice-president of Ukrainian Union of Manufacturers and Entrepreneurs
• Member of the Board of employers and commodity producers affiliated to the President of Ukraine
• Member of National Board of social partnership
• President of glider piloting

Awards:

• Honoured worker of agriculture of Ukraine – year 1998
• Charter of honour of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
• Order of Yaroslav Mudry, Fifth Class
   

Hobbies: tennis, hunting, alpine skis