Andriy Pyshnyi

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Hryhorovych and the family name is Pyshnyi.
Andriy Pyshnyi
Андрій Пишний
Pyshnyi in 2016
Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 October 2022
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Preceded byKyrylo Shevchenko
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
12 December 2012 – 27 November 2014
Personal details
Born (1974-10-26) October 26, 1974
Dobrovody, Zbarazh Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
PartyBatkivshchyna
SpouseLiudmyla Heorhiyivna
Children2
Alma materChernivtsi University
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Andriy Hryhorovych Pyshnyi (Ukrainian: Андрій Григорович Пишний; born 26 October 1974) is a Ukrainian politician and banker, who's currently serving as Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine since October 2022.[1][2] Since 25 October 2022, he's a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.[3] From 2014 to 2022, he was head of Oschadbank and from 2012 to 2014, he was People's Deputy of Ukraine.

Biography

Pyshnyi was born on October 26, 1974 in the Dobrovody village of Zbarazh Raion, Ternopil Oblast.[4] His parents divorced when he was 11 years old. His mother worked at the city police department and later received the rank of major while battling cancer.[5]

From 1991 to 1996, Pyshnyi studied law at Chernivtsi University, where he met Arseniy Yatseniuk.[6] After graduating, from 1996 to 2000, he remained there as a trainee teacher and assistant at Department of Constitutional, Administrative, and Financial Law.[4]

Since 1998, Pyshny headed the law firm "Pravkon" in Chernivtsi and was its co-owner.[7] From 1998 to 2005, Pyshny was a co-owner (2%) of the LLC "Teleradiocompany "Inter-Chernivtsi" together with local politician and journalist Vasyl Zabrodsky (the latter owned 98%). Later, the firm was acquired by pro-Russian oligarchs Dmytro Firtash and Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi.

In 2008, he received a PhD in Law from the Institute of Legislation of the Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv. He defended his dissertation on the topic "Legal Status of State Banks of Ukraine".[8][4]

Political career

In May 2007, Pyshnyi was appointed Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.[4] He was dismissed from the position by a decree of President Viktor Yushchenko in June 2009.[9]

In 2010, Pyshnyi focused on Arseniy Yatsenyuk's party project "Front for Change", where he headed the party control committee. In the 2012 parliamentary elections, he was the deputy head of the Batkivshchyna headquarters, and in December, he became People's Deputy of Ukraine and was the leader of the "Yatsenyuk group" in the Batkivshchyna faction[6] and the first deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee on rules of procedure.[10]

On June 15, 2013, after the merger of the Front for Change and Batkivshchyna, he was elected deputy chairman of Batkvishchyna.[11]

Banking career

In 2000, he moved to Kyiv to lead the legal department of Oschadbank.[6] In 2001, he became director of the department.[4]

From 2003 to 2007, Pyshnyi was First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Oschadbank. From December 2004 to May 2005, he served as Chairman of Oschadbank. In 2005, he graduated the Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine.[4] From 2007, he worked at Ukreximbank.

Since March 26, 2014, he has been the Chairman of the Board of JSC Oschadbank.[15][16]

On October 7, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada supported the election of Andriy Pyshnyi as Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine.[1] 290 People's Deputies supported the decision.[17]

After the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Pyshnyi, as National Bank Chairman, joined the Yermak-McFaul Expert Group, which developed proposals for new sanctions against Russia.[5]

Under Pyshnyi's chairmanship, the Ukrainian kopiyka was proposed to be renamed back as a shah. Pyshnyi supported the change.[18]

Personal life

Pyshnyi is married to Liudmyla Heorhiyivna (born 1973), a university lecturer. They have two children together, Svitlana (born 1998) and Daryna (born 2003).[4] Liudmyla and Andriy dated for three years before their marriage. For his 50th birthday, Pyshnyi asked Ukrainians to donate to charity, specifically to medical aid volunteer Tata Kepler.[5]

Health

Since the age of 34, Pyshnyi has lost much of his hearing. Since then, he has been an activist for deaf rights as member of the "Vidchuy" ("Відчуй", lit. 'Feel') public organization. Pyshnyi, who now reads lips and used to play the accordion, said that he misses music a lot and has not heard a new song since 2009.[5]

Awards and titles

References

  1. ^ a b "Андрія Пишного призначили головою НБУ" (in Ukrainian). Укрінформ. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Президент України представив Голову Національного банку України Андрія Пишного". сайт НБУ.
  3. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 25 October 2022 year № 736/2022 «Про зміни у складі Ради національної безпеки і оборони України» (in Ukrainian)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Пышный Андрей Григорьевич". ЛІГА.Досье. 25 June 2009. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d "Голові НБУ Андрію Пишному – 50. Найцікавіші факти з життя головного банкіра країни". glavcom.ua (in Ukrainian). 26 October 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Лещенко, Сергій (23 November 2012). "Андрій Пишний: Апатія та страх - ось чому акції протесту були не такі масові" (in Ukrainian). Українська правда. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Андрей Иванчук: "Яценюк будет еще и премьером, и президентом"". LB.ua. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Пышный Андрей". LIGA (in Russian). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  9. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from June 2009 year № 484/2009 «Про звільнення А.Пишного з посади заступника Секретаря Ради національної безпеки і оборони України» (in Ukrainian)
  10. ^ "Рада поділила комітети" (in Ukrainian). Українська правда. 25 December 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  11. ^ "З'їзд опозиції одноголосно підтримав злиття партій Тимошенко і Яценюка" (in Ukrainian). Українська правда. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Нацбанк вводить в обіг 100 гривень з підписом нового голови НБУ (фото)" (in Ukrainian). UNIAN. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  13. ^ "В обіг вводяться банкноти номіналом 1 000 гривень з підписом Голови НБУ Андрія Пишного" (in Ukrainian). National Bank of Ukraine. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  14. ^ ""Слава Україні! Героям слава!": НБУ випустив нові банкноти". rubryka.com (in Ukrainian). 9 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Новим головою НБУ може стати Андрій Пишний: що про нього відомо" (in Ukrainian). РБК-Украина. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Банк № 1. Місія здійсненна". nv.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Поіменне голосування про проект Постанови про призначення Пишного А.Г. на посаду Голови Національного банку України (№ 8107) - в цілому". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada. 7 October 2022.
  18. ^ ""Ми йдемо по лезу": Андрій Пишний про інфляцію, курс долара і ризики для економіки". rbc.ua (in Ukrainian). 7 August 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  19. ^ Романюк, Роман; Жартовська, Марія (13 January 2017). "Нагородний фронт. Кому Аваков подарував 400 стволів" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainska Pravda. Archived from the original on 2017-07-15. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  20. ^ "Банкір року". business.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
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