Natalie Jaresko

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Natalie Jaresko
Наталія Яресько
Natalie Jaresko in Kiev, 28 January 2015 (cropped).jpg
Jaresko in 2015
Minister of Finance
In office
2 December 2014 –14 April 2016

Nine months after the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, Jaresko was approached by headhunters for the new Ukrainian government, and within days offered the post of minister of finance. [24]

Early in Jaresko's term she made an outline agreement for a $40 billion four-year loan from the International Monetary Fund and Western countries. [21] [25]

In August 2015 Jaresko was instrumental to restructuring Ukraine's debts, including a partial write-off with a 20% haircut on Ukraine's $18 billion privately held government debt. [26]

On 24 March 2016, shortly before she left office, she argued that the economy had to be depoliticized and Ukraine needed a technocratic government, [27] and that she was willing to lead such a technocratic government. [28]

Ukraine Today and the Financial Times reported speculation that Jaresko could become Ukraine's new prime minister, which was also suggested by former United States Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer and President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. [29] [30] [31] The Ukrainian Weekly reported that Jaresko had started forming a provisional technocratic Cabinet of Ministers the previous month. [32]

Jaresko was rejected as a prime ministerial candidate by the governing coalition. [33] When speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, Volodymyr Groysman, was elected as Ukraine's new prime minister on 14 April 2016, he did not retain Jaresko in his new Cabinet. [33]

After she left office, Jaresko said she believed the Ukraine macroeconomic situation had stabilized, [34] and that Ukraine needed a further $25 billion of investment beyond the agreed IMF loans to "win over the hearts and minds of Ukrainian society" as the "immediate effects [of reform] on the population have been painful." [35]

Later career

In May 2016, Jaresko became chair of the board of trustees of the Aspen Institute unit in Kyiv, a U.S. headquartered educational and policy studies NGO. [36] [37]

In 20 March 2017, Jaresko became the executive director of the Financial Oversight Board of Puerto Rico, [38] as part of the PROMESA bill. [39] Her chairmanship was accompanied by multiple protests against the FOMBPR in Puerto Rico, the largest being a protest of 100,000 people in San Juan in the summer of 2019, before announcing her resignation in February 2022 effective on 1 April 2022. [40] [2]

In April 2022, Jaresko became an advisor for Stronger Than Ever, a registered non-profit organization aiming to collect $5 million in support of the people of Ukraine. The non-profit was founded by Red Ventures CEO Ric Elias.

Jaresco was put on the Russian state list of "500 americans" that was banned from entering the country following US sanctions related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Jaresco was ranked at 500 on the list. [41]

Other activities

Notes

  1. ↑ Ukrainian: Наталія Енн Яресько, romanized: Nataliia Enn Yaresko
  2. ↑ Ukrainian: Наталія Іванівна Яресько, romanized: Nataliia Ivanivna Yaresko

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