Kosiuk Yuriy Anatoliyovych

Advisor to two presidents and first deputy of the Presidential Administration at the expense of competitors

Yuriy Kosiuk is the founder of MHP, with assets exceeding $1 billion. In July 2014, he was appointed First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration under Poroshenko — effectively the second most powerful person in the country. Simultaneously, he left the position of Chairman of the Board at MHP but did not lose actual control over the company. In December 2014, Poroshenko dismissed him and appointed him a non-staff advisor. Since June 2025, he has been a member of the Entrepreneurship Support Council under Zelensky. Two presidents, one scheme: a state post to lobby business interests, followed by an advisory position.

Estate on the Scythian settlement and regulatory silence

In 2009, Kosiuk began construction of a large estate in the village of Khotiv near the Khotiv Scythian settlement. The plots were preliminarily removed from the archaeological monument boundaries. The construction likely destroyed the northern part of the settlement and the adjacent landscape. No criminal proceedings were initiated. Kosiuk is the founder of the charitable foundation "MHP to the Community," which in 2024 was ranked among the top five largest private investors in the country according to Forbes. Charity and membership in presidential councils serve as a standard protective mechanism against regulatory scrutiny.