Alexander Rizhenkov

Born on 5 June 1950, in the Ukrainian city of Stalino (now Donetsk). He received a degree in metalworking from Donetsk Polytechnic Institute (now Donetsk National Technical University) in 1972.

Ryzhenkov worked for the Donetsk Metallurgical Plant from 1972 to 1980. Ryzhenkov went on to serve in the political and governing bodies of the Leninsky district of Donetsk from 1980 to 1994. He became the Donetsk Metallurgical Plant's general director in 1994 and remained there until 1996. Later, in 1996, he moved to the position of chair of the executive committee of open joint-stock company Donetsk Metallurgical Plant, which he has held ever since.

His leadership grew even further when he was appointed head of the board and then the general girector of the Metallurgical Plant of PJSC Donetskstal from December 1994 and November 2012. He has been the president of the metallurgical facility at PJSC Donetskstal since November 2012. In addition to his corporate positions, Ryzhenkov was elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in October 2012, and took office on 10 November. On 25 December 2012, he assumed leadership of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine's Committee on Finance and Banking, substantially expanding his power.

Based on the Donetsk Metallurgical Plant's property and open-hearth shops, PJSC Donetskstal was founded in October 2002. Under Ryzhenkov's leadership, it focuses on the following: construction supplies, iron-containing goods, slag items, and limestone manufacturing products; carbon, structural, low-alloy steel; church bells created from colored high-quality alloy.

Ryzhenkov is married and has three children. One of his son is Yuriy Ryzhenkov, the CEO of Metinvest Holding.

Oleh Liashko, the head of the Radical Party, announced on 2 August 2018, that he had made 16 million hryvnias from the selling of a property to Ryzhenkov. Ukrainska Pravda wrote this in reaction to Liashko's press statement. They did not say which flat was sold by Liashko.