Sergey Tereshchenko

For other people named Sergey Tereshchenko, see Sergey Tereshchenko (disambiguation).

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexandrovich and the family name is Tereshchenko.

Sergey Tereshchenko
Сергей Терещенко
Tereshchenko in 2016
1st Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office 16 December 1991 – 12 October 1994
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
First Deputy	Yevgeny Ezhikov-Babakhanov Oleg Soskovets Daulet Sembaev Akezhan Kazhegeldin
Preceded by	Office established; he himself as the Prime Minister of the Kazakh SSR
Succeeded by	Akezhan Kazhegeldin
Prime Minister of the Kazakh SSR
In office 16 October 1991 – 16 December 1991
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded by	Uzakbay Karamanov
Succeeded by	Office abolished; he himself as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
Chairman of Otan
Acting
In office 1 March 1999 – 21 October 2002
Leader	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Amangeldı Ermegiaev
Personal details
Born	Sergey Alexandrovich Tereshchenko (1951-03-30)30 March 1951 Lesozavodsk, Primorsky Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	10 February 2023(2023-02-10) (aged 71)
Political party	Amanat (from 1999)
Other political affiliations	CPSU (until 1991) Independent (1991–1999)
Spouse	Yevgenia Tereshchenko
Children	2 (Nina and Elena)

Sergey Alexandrovich Tereshchenko (Cyrillic: Сергей Александрович Терещенко; 30 March 1951 – 10 February 2023) was a Kazakhstani politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 1994 and later as the acting chairman of Otan from 1999 to 2002.

Life and career

Tereshchenko was born in the town of Lesozavodsk, which was in the Primorsky Krai of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. In 1969, he moved to the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, where he studied mechanical engineering at the Kazakh National Agrarian University, where he graduated in 1973. After graduation, Tereshchenko was sent to work as chief engineer of the collective farm in Shymkent (known at the time as Chimkent). In 1975, he was elected First Secretary of the Tulkubas District Komsomol Committee, where he worked for four years. In the seven years after leaving the post, Tereshchenko served as the head local party/executive positions in Shymkent.

In the spring of 1990, Tereshchenko served as deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR. For about one and a half years after leaving that post, he was the first secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee in Chimkent. He briefly elected by Supreme Council as Vice President of the Kazakh SSR from April to May 1990.[1] In the remaining months of 1991, Tereshchenko assumed the post of Prime Minister of the Kazakh SSR.[2] When the country gained independence on 16 December, he was appointed to the newly created post of Prime Minister. During his tenure, his government began work to privatize formerly state-run companies.[3] He also proposed strengthening executive power in order to bring about economic reforms in the country.[4]

In late May 1994, Tereshchenko suffered a defeat when the Parliament of Kazakhstan passed a vote of no confidence in the Tereshchenko Government. He held out for several months until he was dismissed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev on 12 October following a corruption scandal involving his Minister of Internal Affairs that month. Akezhan Kazhegeldin was chosen to be Tereshchenko's successor, which followed his retirement from public service. After his dismissal, he served as the President of the International Foundation "Integration", the main goal of which is the start of a integration process of Kazakhstan into the economic, political, and cultural space of world stage. In 1998, he was among those supporting the re-election of Nursultan Nazarbayev for the presidency.[5]

Personal life and death

Tereshchenko was an ethnic Ukrainian and was one of the first from his ethnicity to take office in independent Kazakhstan. His wife, Yevgenia Grigorievna, was a Russian language teacher of literature. They had two daughters, Nina and Elena.

Tereshchenko died in 10 February 2023, at the age of 71.[6]

Awards

• Hero of Labor (2012)
• Order of Otan (2012)
• Presidential Peace and Spiritual Consent Award (1999)
• Order of Friendship 1st Degree (1999)
• Order of Barys 2nd Degree (2005)
• Order of Friendship (2004) (Russian Federation)[7]
• Order "Alғys" (2012) (Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Church of Kazakhstan)[8]
• Honorary Citizen of the South Kazakhstan Region
• Freedom of the city of Almaty (2014)
• Honorary Citizen of the City of Almaty
• Presidential Prize for Peace and Spiritual Consent of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1999)

External links

• История в лицах – Сергей Терещенко (in Russian)

References

1. Vassiliev, Alexei (1 September 2013). "Central Asia: Political and Economic Challenges in the Post-Soviet Era". Saqi.
2. "Постановление Верховного Совета Казахской ССР от 16 октября 1991 года Об утверждении тов. Терещенко С.А. Премьер-Министром Казахской ССР". Информационная система ПАРАГРАФ. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
3. Elgie, Robert; Moestrup, Sophia (14 May 2016). Semi-Presidentialism in the Caucasus and Central Asia. ISBN 9781137387813.
4. Wyzan, Michael Louis (1995). First Steps Toward Economic Independence: New States of the Postcommunist World. ISBN 9780275947170.
5. "Kazakh ex-premier Tereshchenko explains support for president's re-election" Kazakh Television first channel, Astana – 26 November 1998 (BBC Monitoring Report) [1]
6. "Умер первый премьер-министр Казахстана Сергей Терещенко". rus.azattyq-ruhy.kz (in Russian). 10 February 2023.
7. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 12 December 2004 No. 1552 "On awarding the Order of Friendship to citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan "
8. "S.A. Tereshchenko, Deputy Chairperson of the Assembly of Peoples of Kazakhstan, awarded the Order of Alғys". Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

External links

• Media related to Sergey Tereshchenko at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Position created	Prime Minister of Kazakhstan 1991–1994	Succeeded by Akezhan Kazhegeldin