Yevhen Chervonenko
Yevhen Alfredovych Chervonenko (; born 20 December 1959) is a Ukrainian politician and racing driver. He was governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast from 2005 to 2007. Chervonenko previously served as Minister of Transportation and Communication in 2005. Member of Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) of the 4th convocation (2002–2005). He is of Jewish descent. Biography He was born was on 20 December 1959, in Dnipropetrovsk. Yevhen Chervonenko studied at the elite Dnipropetrovsk school number 23. He extramurally studied at Physics and Mathematics School of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. In 1982 he graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of National Mining University of Ukraine (Dnipropetrovsk). Being a student, he worked as a mechanic at Sovtransavto. During summer holidays he worked as a truck driver. In 1982–1985 he was the design engineer of the special design department of the «Dnepromashobogaschenie» Institute. In 1986 he became a professional car driver in racing, later – the member of the USSR national team, master of sports of the USSR of international class in rallying, prize winner of the European and USSR championships. In 1987 he established the first in the USSR professional auto racing team ″Perestroika″. As a rally racer he became the Champion