Oleksandr Mykolayovych Kovalenko

Oleksandr Kovalenko
Олександр Коваленко
1st Minister of Finance
In office
24 August 1990  29 October 1991
PresidentLeonid Kravchuk
Prime MinisterVitold Fokin
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHryhoriy Piatachenko
Personal details
Born9 May 1935
Novoliubymivka, Tokmak Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died29 June 2021(2021-06-29) (aged 86)
Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Alma materOdesa National Economics University
ProfessionEconomist
politician
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch/service Soviet Army
Years of service1953–1958

Oleksandr Mykolayovych Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Миколайович Коваленко; 9 May 1935 – 29 June 2021) was a Ukrainian economist and politician who became the first Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1991.