Mykhailo Zakharovych Zghurovskyi[a] (Ukrainian: Михайло Захарович Згуровський), Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (in office 1994–1999).

[1] He is also a renowned scientist and specialist in the field of cybernetics, systems analysis, big data mining and decision theory.

The most famous applications of his scientific research results relate to the field of mathematical geophysics, geoinformatics, socio-economic problems of modern society.

From May 1986 to August 1987 he was the Deputy Head of the Research Department of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of the Ukrainian SSR.

In 2006 Zghurovskyi was the founder of the operation in Ukraine of non-governmental organization (WDS-Ukraine), which is a full member of the World Data System (WDS) of the International Science Council (ISC).

[10][11][12] From 2023 - Head of the Ukrainian Peace Council[13] National Representative of the Scientific Committee of the World Data System - WDS (Paris, France).