Shkolnick is also the Chairman of the Board of the Union of Consumers of Ukraine and President of the International Academy of Standardization.
Shkolnick's awards include Laureate of the State Award of the UkrSSR in the field of Science and Technology (1988), Honored Employee of Industry of Ukraine (1995), Honorary doctor of Odesa State Academy of Technical Regulation and Quality and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Odesa State Academy of Technical Regulation and Quality
Shkolnick was born in 1945 in Dnipropetrovsk in what was then the Soviet Union (now Dnipro, Ukraine). In 1963, he graduated from Dnipropetrovsk Industrial Technical School as a metallurgist technician. Between 1963 and 1964, he worked as a mill operator of the slitting lines shop at the Petrovskyi Metallurgical Plant in Dnipropetrovsk. Semenovich became an engineering technician later at the same plant.
In 1964, he began service in the Soviet Army in a military construction unit. While in the army, he also worked as a war correspondent for the Defender of the Motherland newspaper of the Odesa Military District Shkolnick was discharged in 1967.
Factory technician and engineer
In 1967, Shkolnick started working as a technician at the Ukrainian State Institute for Design of Metallurgical Plants. In 1977, he graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute with a degree in metallurgical engineering. By the time he left in 1990, Semenovich had become a chief engineer of projects for many organizations in the Ukrainian SSR and the USSR.
Administrator
In 1998, Shkolnick became the General Director of the "Prydniprovia" Association enterprises and institutions of the Dnipropetrovsk region. In 1998, he became Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of Ukraine for Consumer Protection.
From 2000 to 2005, Shkolnick served as Chairman of the State Committee of Ukraine on Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy Deputy Chairman of the Interdepartmental Council for Consumer Protection under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Deputy Chairman of the Council for Standardization and as member of the Commission on Improving Legislation in the field of Foreign Economic Activity .
From 2000 to 2005, Shkolnick served on the Coordinating Committee on Fighting Corruption and Organized Crime under the President of Ukraine, as Deputy Chairman of the Advertising Council, as a member of the Interdepartmental Commission on Biological and Genetic Security under the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine and a member of the Council of the International Standardization Organization (ISO).
In 2007, Shkolnick became a Professor of the Odesa State Academy of Technical Regulation and Quality, serving there until 2009.
Social and political activities
For a long time, he worked in local government bodies as a Deputy and First Deputy Chairman of the Zhovtnevyi District Council of the city of Dnipropetrovsk, was a member of the executive committees of the Zhovtnevyi District Council of the city of Dnipropetrovsk and Dnipropetrovsk City Council (see Reference and biographical publication. Who is who in Dnipropetrovsk region: Outstanding people of the city of Dnipropetrovsk. - Publishing house "Ukrainian Academy of Heraldry, Trademark and Logo". — Kyiv, 2005). Was a member of the Board of Directors for CIS-US trade and economic cooperation.
1996—2000 — a member of the Commission on Economic Cooperation with Japan under the President of Ukraine.
1997—2000 — a non-staff adviser to the President of Ukraine.
1999—2003 — founded and headed the public organization "Union of Consumers", the city of Dnipropetrovsk.
1999—2002 — a member of the political council, Vice-Chairman of the Inter-Regional Reform Coalition (IRRC) party, Chairman of the Dnipropetrovsk regional organization of the IRRC.
2002 — a candidate for people's deputies of Ukraine from the "For United Ukraine" coalition ("Za Yedynu Ukrainu") (list number 69).
2003 — initiated the creation and was elected as a Chairman of the Board of the All-Ukrainian public organization "Union of Consumers of Ukraine".
2004 — initiated the creation and was elected as a President of the International Academy of Standardization.
2006—2007 — Secretary of the Coordinating Council for Consumer Protection under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
2007—2009 , 2010—2011 — Chairman of the Public Council under the State Consumer Standard of Ukraine.
2010—2013 — adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine (on a voluntary basis).
2015 — Honorary Member of the Ukrainian Foreign Policy Association.
Journalistic activities
1999—2000 — Chairman of the Editorial Board of the "Consumer and Market" magazine.
2001—2002 — Deputy Chairman of the Editorial Board of the "Man and Law" magazine.
2004—2008 — Chairman of the editorial boards of the "Consumer + Power" and "Consumer + Market" magazines.
2006 — at the VI International competition in the field of journalism, he was awarded the Golden Pen Award in the category "Discovery of the year".
Chairman of the Editorial Board of the "Norms and Rules of the Wine Market of the European Union" collection (2003).
Chairman of the Editorial Board of the "Consumer Law of Ukraine" legal collection (2004).
Member of the Editorial Board of the "Metallurgical and Mining Industry" journal (since 2016).
Author of the "Fundamentals of the Concept of National Food Security of Ukraine" monograph (2005).
Publications
Co-author with M.Ya.Azarov and L.V.Kolomiiets of the "Technical Aspects of State Policy of Consumer Protection" monograph (2007), 2nd edition (2010).
Co-author with Yu.F.Melnykov and V.M.Novykov of the educational book "Fundamentals of Food Safety Management" (2007).
Co-author with I.S.Petryshynyi and I.I.Zvarych of the "Technical Regulation on the way of Ukraine to the European Union" book (2010).
Leonid Shkolnick. "Standards for Consumers: Myths and Кeality". - Proceedings of the IX International Conference "Quality Strategy in Industry and Education" (May 2013, Bulgaria). - Vol. 2., p.587-590.
Leonid Shkolnick. Notes of a Caring Person (Zapiski neravnodushnogo"). - Volume 1. Memories, reflections, interviews; Volume 2. Standards for the Consumer: Unreal Reality (2015).
Co-author with L.V.Kolomiiets and O.V.Tsilvik of the "Metrological Support of Healthcare Institutions in Ukraine" textbook (2017).
Awards
Jubilee Medal "20 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" (1965)
Medal "Veteran of Labor" (1989) for impeccable military service and conscientious long-term work.
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Vth degree (2004),
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