Serhiy Tulub

Serhiy Tulub (; born 13 August 1953) is a Ukrainian politician who had served as the governor of Cherkassy Oblast from 2010 to 2014. He was the longest serving energy minister of Ukraine and was a member of the Verkovna Rada from 2006 to 2010.

Early life Tulub was born on 13 August 1953 in the city of Donetsk, which was thhen part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. After graduating from secondary school, he worked as an underground delivery-rigger at the Kirovska mine of the Donetsk Coal Plant. This occurred in the midst of prosecutors having notified Tulub that he was suspected of misappropriating government property. He was later charged in the case for abuse of office, but he was removed from the international wanted lists by May 2014 and the case was closed. He also allegedly owns a villa in Dubai.

Hero of Ukraine with the award of the Order of the State (August 6, 2004) Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class (August 13, 2013) Order of Merit, 3rd class (August 21, 1999)