Oleksiy Danilov


Oleksiy Myacheslavovych Danilov is a Ukrainian politician. He is the current Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.

Biography

Danilov graduated in 1981 from the Starobilsk State Farm Technical School with a degree in veterinary medicine. In 1981 he began working as a veterinary in a farm in Voroshilovgrad. From 1983 to 1987 he worked as a veterinarian in Voroshilovgrad's park "1 May". From 1987 to 1991 he worked as a private veterinarian. From 1991 to 1994 he was engaged in private entrepreneurship.
Danilov was Mayor of Luhansk from 1994 to 1997. Aged 31 years, was the youngest mayor of Luhansk in the history of the city.
In the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election Danilov unsuccessfully tried to win a parliamentary seat in electoral district 103 as an independent candidate.
In 1999, Danilov graduated from the University of Luhansk as a licensed history teacher. In 2000, Danilov received a master's degree in management from the East Ukrainian Volodymyr Dahl National University. In 2000, he also received a law degree from the Luhansk State University of Internal Affairs.
In the early 2000s, Danilov was a member of the party Yabluko. In the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was again unsuccessful in his attempt to get elected to parliament on the party list of this party.
In 2000, Danilov was an adviser to the parliamentary Committee on Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship. From October 2001 to February 2005, he founded the Luhansk Initiative and was its chairman. At the same time, he was as Deputy Director of the Institute for European Integration and Development.
Danilov served as the Governor of Luhansk Oblast in 2005.
Danilov was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2006 for the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. In the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Danilov tried to get reelected to parliament for the Party of Free Democrats, but was again unsuccessful in this. After leaving parliament he returned the Institute of European Integration and Development to the previous position Deputy Director of the Institute for European Integration and Development.
Danilov was Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council from 23 July to 3 October 2019. Since 3 October 2019 he is the Secretary of this Board.

Family

Danilov is married to Lyudmyla. The couple have four children and seven grandchildren.