Serhiy Kvit
Serhiy Kvit | |
|---|---|
Сергій Квіт | |
| Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine | |
| In office February 27, 2014 – 14 April 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Arseniy Yatsenyuk |
| Deputy | Maksym Strikha |
| Preceded by | Dmytro Tabachnyk |
| Succeeded by | Liliya Hrynevych |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 26, 1965 Uzhhorod, USSR |
| Political party | unaffiliated |
| Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv |
Serhiy Myronovych Kvit (Ukrainian: Сергій Миронович Квіт; born 26 November 1965), is a Ukrainian literary critic, journalist, educator and social activist. Former champion of Ukraine in fencing (1984). Kvit has served as Rector (President) of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy from 2007 until 2014 and again since 2022. He occupied the position of Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine in 2014-2016 when the progressive Laws on Higher Education (2014) and On Science and Research (2015) were adopted. In 2015, Kvit signed an agreement that allowed Ukrainian scientists and businesses to fully participate in Horizon 2020 (H2020), the European Union’s flagship research program.