Yevhen Zhovtyak

Yevhen Zhovtyak (Ukrainian: Євген Дмитрович Жовтяк; b.

In 1984, he graduated Kharkiv Aviation Institute (KhAI) as a mechanical engineer.

After graduation Zhovtyak worked as a design engineer at the Zhulyany Engineering Factory in Vyshneve, specializing production of missiles for the Soviet S-300 missile system.

While studying in the institute, in 1992–1994 he also worked as a state official at the Kyiv-Stiatoshyn Raion administration and later as a specialist for some office support departments of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Following the so-called Orange Revolution in Ukraine, in 2005–2006 he served as a Governor of Kyiv Oblast.