Date of Birth:
10 January 1966
Professional Experience
International Institute for Freedom (Ukraine) — President
July 2024 – present
Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv) — Lecturer, course “Macroeconomics”
February 2025 – present
Right-Liberal Movement (Ukraine) — Chief Economist
March 2023 – present
Ukrainian Civic Movement “Free Nation” — Chief Economist
June 2023 – present
National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine — Adviser to the Secretary
February 2023 – present
Office of Simple Solutions and Results (Ukraine) — Chief Economist, Head of the Department for Economic Reforms
September 2021 – February 2023
Ukrainian Institute for Economic Leadership — Academic Director
November 2021 – present
Analytical Centre “Strategy”, Minsk — Executive Director
April 2008 – June 2021
Mises Research Centre, Minsk — President
2002 – present
Analytical Centre “Strategy”, Minsk — Economic Analyst
November 1997 – January 2002
“Belarusian Newspaper” weekly — Deputy Editor-in-Chief
April 1999 – March 2002
House of Representatives of the Republic of Belarus (Parliament)
Commission on Economic Policy and Reforms — Senior Economist
December 1995 – December 1996
National Centre for Strategic Initiatives “East–West” — Economic Analyst
July 1995 – July 1996; December 1996 – July 1997
Foreign Company “Marion”, Minsk — General Director
December 1992 – January 1995
“Andrei Klimau Newspaper”, Minsk, Belarus — Economic Columnist
Union of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Belarus — Head of the Foreign Affairs Department
October 1991 – December 1992
Minsk Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages
Lecturer at the Department of English Grammar
August 1990 – October 1991
Education
Institute of Advanced Training and Humanities of Belarusian State University
Postgraduate studies
November 1996 – December 2000
Thesis: “Conceptual Approaches and Paradigms of Systemic Economic Reforms in Transitional Societies: Comparative Analysis”
First International Summer Institute of Public Administration (Latvia)
August 2005
World Bank Pension Reform School, Warsaw
March 2002
Objectivist Centre — Summer Seminars on Philosophy and Culture:
- Bentley College — June–July 2003
- UCLA — June–July 2002
- Vancouver, Canada — June–July 2000
- Burlington, Vermont — June–July 1999
- University of Colorado at Boulder — July 1998
World Bank Institute for Economic Development, Minsk
Intensive course in Micro- and Macroeconomics
November – December 1995
Delhi Stock Exchange (India) — Specialised Course
March 1992
Minsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages
Faculty of English
Second foreign language – French; third – Polish (native)
Additional Information
Languages:
Russian, English, Polish — excellent
Ukrainian — good
French — basic proficiency
Author of approximately 7,000 publications on monetary policy, pension reform, efficiency of government anti-poverty programmes, comparative socio-economic models, the crisis of the welfare state, and related topics in Ukrainian, Belarusian, and international media.
Awards
- Freedom Defender of the Year 2021 (Ayn Rand Center Ukraine), October 2022
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation – Sir Anthony Fisher Award (2009, 2006)
- Templeton Awards (2006, 2007)
- Marshal Bruce Evoy Award from the International Society for Individual Liberty (2003)
Author of Books
- Belarus: Choosing an Economic Future (1999)
- Liberalism: The Ideology of a Happy Person (2007; 2nd ed. Ukraine 2010)
- In Search of an Economic Miracle. Lessons for Belarus (2008)
- Anti-crisis Plan for Belarus (2011)
- Theory and Practice of Government Failures (2014)
- The New West. The Ukrainian Dream (2023)
Co-Author of Books
- National and State Interests of the Republic of Belarus (1998)
- Belarus: The Road to the Future (2005)
- Business in Belarus. The Inner Circle (2006)
- Economic Constitution of the Republic of Belarus (2007)
- Belarus at the Crossroads (2008)
- Belarus: Transit Zone (2009)
- Libertarianism: Simple and Easy (2009)
- Belarus 20/20. In the Labyrinth of Economic Identity (2011)
Political and Civic Activity
- Member of the Presidential Council on Enterprise Development (Belarus), 2017–2019
- Member of the Governmental Working Group on Tax Reform, 2018–2021
- Adviser to MP Hanna Kanapatskaya, first and only democratic MP in Belarus in 20 years, 2016–2019
- Candidate for President of Belarus (2010)
- Candidate for Parliament (2004, 2005, 2008)
- Deputy Chairman of the United Civil Party, 2000–2011
- Chairman of the Belarus National Business Platform Working Group, 2006–2019
- Chair of the Working Group on the Socio-Economic Programme of the United Democratic Forces of Belarus, 2005–2008
- Participant of training programmes on business and NGO advocacy in Tunisia, Algeria, Transnistria (Moldova), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine
Author of Key Policy Documents
- National Economic Security Concept of Ukraine (2024)
- World Common-Sense Economy Index (2024)
- Anti-Corruption Platform for Belarus (2020)
- Roadmap for the Development of Vitebsk Region (2019)
- For an Entrepreneurial Belarus (2008)
- Our Hrodna Region (2008)
- New Economic Course. The First 100 Steps (2011)
- Youth Concept of the Republic of Belarus (2009)
- One Million New Jobs for Belarus (2010)