Oksana Markarova


Oksana Serhiyivna Markarova is a Ukrainian politician and a former Minister of Finance in the government of Volodymyr Groysman and Oleksiy Honcharuk. She was acting Finance Minister since 8 June 2018 acting after Oleksandr Danylyuk was dismissed on 7 June 2018 after a conflict with Groysman.

Early life and education

In 1999 Markarova received a master's degree in Ecology at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In 2001 she got a master's degree in Public Finance and Trade at Indiana University.

Career

Until transferring to the civil service in 2015, Markarova worked in the private sector. During that period she worked with Natalie Jaresko at an investment fund in Kyiv.
Since March 2015 Markarova was a Deputy Minister of Finance under successive ministers Natalie Jaresko and Oleksandr Danylyuk. Her main task was to help usher the country through an IMF programme and restructure foreign debt after Russia occupied Crimea.
After Oleksandr Danylyuk was dismissed on 7 June 2018 after a conflict with Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman Markarova was appointed acting Minister of Finance on 8 June 2018. On 22 November 2018 the Ukrainian parliament appointed her as Minister of Finance.
The beginning of the Shmyhal Government on 4 March 2020 was the end of her tenure as Minister of Finance. After her dismissal Markarova returned to the private sector and her work on the supervisory board of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Other activities

Markarova is married to banker and businessman Danylo Volynets. The family has four children.