Background
Stanislav Arzhevitin was born on June 14, 1961 in Kolochava village, Mizhhirya Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast.
Stanislav Arzhevitin was born on June 14, 1961 in Kolochava village, Mizhhirya Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast.
Between 1978 and 1982, Arzhevitin studied at the Kyiv Institute of National Economy (now the National Economics University), before working for Stroybank, the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Construction Bank (later called Prominvestbank). Arzhevitin has studied in Germany (1992 and 1996), the United States of America (1993) and the Czechoslovakian Republic (1994). In 1998 he received a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, with his thesis devoted to the problems of entrepreneurship and small business in Ukraine.
Education and career
From 1982 to 1984 he served in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics airborne forces, before continuing work at Stroybank. In 1991, he became Chairman of the Joint Stock Bank Azhio (now SEB Bank), a position he held until 2005. He is an Academician of the National Academy of Human Problems, an Associate of the International Personnel Academy, and Scientific Adviser to the Academy of Environmental Sciences.
Social and political activities
Since 1996, Arzhevitin has been the General Treasurer of the Ukrainian Cossacks, Deputy Hetman of Ukraine and Captain-General.
He is also the author of two books about the history of Kolochava village. In November 2007, he was elected People"s Deputy of Ukraine in the 6th Verkhovna Rada, having been listed by the "Our Ukraine - People"s Self-Defense Bloc".
Arzhevitin is married and has three sons.