Taras Kutovy

Taras Kutovy
Тарас Кутовий
Kutovy in 2015
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine
In office
14 April 2016  22 November 2018
Prime MinisterVolodymyr Groysman
Preceded byOleksiy Pavlenko
Succeeded byMaxim Martynyuk (acting)
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
12 December 2012  2 December 2014
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byRuslan Bogdan
ConstituencyPoltava Oblast, No. 151
Personal details
Born(1976-02-25)25 February 1976
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Died21 October 2019(2019-10-21) (aged 43)
Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
Political partyPetro Poroshenko Bloc
Other political
affiliations
Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform
Alma mater
OccupationEconomist, statesman

Taras Viktorovych Kutovy (Ukrainian: Тарас Вікторович Кутовий; 25 February 1976 – 21 October 2019) was a Ukrainian economist and politician who served as Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food from 2016 to 2018. He previously served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2012 to 2014, representing Ukraine's 151st electoral district in northern Poltava Oblast.