Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a decree appointing Dmytro Perehudov as director general of the Ukroboronprom State Concern, which was earlier headed by newly appointed Ukrainian Defense Minister Dmytro Salamatin.
The head of state signed the decree on Wednesday.
Earlier, Perehudov headed Ukrspecexport, the state company on exports and imports of products and services for military and special purpose.
As reported, Perehudov was appointed acting director general of the state-run arms and military hardware export and import company (Ukrspecexport) on January 9, 2011, and on February 9, 2011, Yanukovych appointed him as director general of this company. Earlier, Ukrspecexport was headed by Salamatin. Under a decree of January 4, 2011, he was appointed director general of the Ukroboronprom State Concern.
In 2010, Perehudov served as director of the state-owned Ukrinmash foreign trade and investment firm, a subsidiary of Ukrspecexport.
As reported, according to cabinet resolution No.1221 of December 29 on the creation of the Ukroboronprom State Concern, the concern consists of seven state companies, including Ukrspecexport, Ukroboronservice, Ukrinmash, the Progress foreign trade company, Spetstechnoexport Promoboronexport, and the Tasco-Export foreign trade company, although on November 8, 2010, Ukrspecexport decided to disband the latter company. Ukroboronprom will be headquartered at the same address as Ukrspecexport.
On December 9, 2010, Yanukovych instructed the government to create a state economic concern from state-owned enterprises engaged in the development, production, sale, repair, modernization and disposal of weapons, military and special equipment and ammunition, and involved in military and technical cooperation with foreign countries. The president issued a decree on December 28, 2010 to rename Ukrspecexport as Ukroboronprom, and stipulating that the concern’s director general is appointed under a motion from the premier, and dismissed by the president.
