Viktor Ostapchuk


Viktor Mykolaiovych Ostapchuk is a Ukrainian railway administrator and later Ukrainian parliamentary, He is a Doctor of Technical Science and is honored as the Hero of Ukraine.
He is known for his work at the Ukrainian Southern Railways where under his leadership number of rail-lines were electrified.

Origin

He was born on May 16, 1955 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, where his family was evacuated from Zhytomyr Oblast at the beginning of the war.

Education

From 1972 to 1977 studied in Kharkiv Institute of Railway Engineers named after S.M.Kirov at mechanic faculty “Diesel Electric Locomotives and Management System”
In 2000 he graduated a refresher course and advanced professional training at the Kharkiv Academy of Railway Transport getting his master's degree in specialty «Railway rolling stock and special railway transport. Locomotives», same year Ostapchuk conferred a Candidate of Technical Science degree in specialty «Car building Technology», another candidate degree he conferred in 2007 in the Department of materials and technologies of transport products issued at the Ukrainian Academy of Railway Transport
March 2012 – a degree of Doctor of Technical Science on specialty «Use and Repairing of Transport Means» was conferred
January 2014 – a degree of Professor of the Department of materials and technologies of transport products producing of Ukrainian Academy of Railway Transport was conferred

Career

Ostapchuk started out in late 1970s at the Kirov locomotive shop located near Osnova railway station in Kharkiv. Since early 1980s and until 2012 he worked at leadership positions within the Southern Railways.

Parliamentarian