Oleksii Bilyi

Education

Bilyi attended Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute (1988) with a major in "Chemical technology of fuel," and Donetsk National University (2001), majoring in Business Economics. From 1979 to 1981 he served in the Soviet Army.

1981–1988 – worked as a fitter, site supervisor, senior master, and Deputy Chief of coke workshop at Kryvyi Rih coke plant.

1988–1990 – Chief of the coke workshop, Chief engineer.

1990–1996 — Director of the Yenakiieve coke plant.

1996–1998 – Chairman of the management board, JSC "Yenakiieve Coke Plant," Head of the plant.

1998–2000 – Chairman of the management board, JSC "Yenakiieve Metallurgical Plant".

2000–2002 – Deputy Chairman of Donetsk State Regional Administration on primary industries and energy.

2002–2006 – CEO of Mariupol Iron & Steel Works.

In November 2007, Oleksii was elected to the Verkhovna Rada with the Party of Regions, No.33 in the list.

Chairman of the Subcommittee on government policy on the consumption of waste and scrap iron, Verkhovna Rada committee on economic policy.

Member of the Permanent Delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of GUAM.

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he was re-elected into parliament; this time being placed 5th on the electoral list of the Opposition Bloc.