Vasyl Nadraha

Vasyl Ivanovich Nadraha (; born 19 August 1958) is a Ukrainian politician who became the eighth Minister of Labor and Social Policy in 2010.

Biography Early life and education Vasyl is born on 19 August 1958 in the village of Kamensk, Buryatia ASSR, and graduated from the history faculty of the Luhansk State Pedagogical Institute in 1981, and the Luhansk Regional Institute of Management of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine in 1995.

Career In October 1975, Vasyl was an apprentice locksmith at the Talovska mine in the city of Molodohvardiisk; the deputy secretary of the Komsomol Committee of the Luhansk State Pedagogical Institute in July 1981; in October 1982, he began serving in the Soviet Army; an engineer with the deputy secretary of the Komsomol Committee of the Luhansk Machine-Building Plant in July 1984; the second secretary of the Leninsky District Committee of the Luhansk State University of Luhansk in May 1985; the deputy director of secondary school No.17 in the city of Luhansk in July 1987. Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine's regional organization in Kyiv On 20 August 2012, he was dismissed from the post of First Deputy Minister by decree of President Viktor Yanukovych.

Personal life Vasyl is married and has a daughter. His hobbies consisted of reading, fishing and billiards.

Honours Throughout his career, he has been awarded the following honours;

Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (July 2003)