Oleksii Bilyi

Oleksii Petrovych Bilyi (; born 1 May 1961) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician. Hwas a Head of the Mariupol Iron & Steel Works (until 2006). He is a member of the Ukrainian parliament (since November 2007), and a member of the Economic Policy Committee (since December 2007).

Biography Bilyi was born on 1 May 1961 in the village of Kamyanka, Apostolove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Family: wife Irina (b. 1971) a teacher at Donetsk National University; two sons, Oleksandr (b. 1998) and Arseniy (b. 2003), daughter Amelia (b.2003).

Education Bilyi attended Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute (1988) with a major in "Chemical technology of fuel," and Donetsk National University (2001), majoring in Business Economics. From 1979 to 1981 he served in the Soviet Army. Chairman of the Subcommittee on government policy on the consumption of waste and scrap iron, Verkhovna Rada committee on economic policy. Member of the Permanent Delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of GUAM.

Awards Order of Merit, III class (2011), for personal contribution to nation-building, long-term legislative and political activity. Merited Worker of Industry of Ukraine (title) (2003). Medal "10 Years of Independence of Ukraine" (2001). "Miner's Glory" badge, III class (2002).