Former Minister Kubrakov has been appointed presidential advisor on infrastructure: community development is the focus
20 January 21:49
Oleksandr Kubrakov, former Minister of Infrastructure and Deputy Prime Minister for Ukraine’s Recovery, has been appointed to a new role as a special advisor to the President of Ukraine on infrastructure and community engagement. This is stated in a presidential decree, according to "Komersant Ukrainian".
Kubrakov stepped down from his posts as Deputy Prime Minister for the Reconstruction of Ukraine and Minister of Community, Territorial, and Infrastructure Development in May 2024, after the Verkhovna Rada passed a resolution to split the ministry into two separate agencies—the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development and the Ministry of Infrastructure.
Previous Experience
Prior to his new appointment, Kubrakov already had experience as an advisor: in January 2025, he was appointed on a voluntary basis as an advisor to Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, where he dealt with issues related to communities and infrastructure.
As a special advisor to the president, Kubrakov will be responsible for coordinating infrastructure projects and engaging with communities across Ukraine.
His experience managing large-scale projects and reforms in the infrastructure sector could help accelerate the restoration of critical infrastructure and the modernization of transportation and housing networks in the regions.
What is known about Kubrakov
Oleksandr Kubrakov was born on August 20, 1982, in Pershotravensk (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast). His wife is Iryna Valeriivna Kubrakova. The couple has two sons: Oleksandr and Mark.
From 1999 to 2004, Kubrakov studied at the Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University, majoring in marketing.
He also completed a short-term program at the Harvard Kennedy School.
As a student, Kubrakov worked as an economist in the marketing department of the Plastic Card Division at Pravex Bank, a joint-stock commercial bank.
Career
He participated in the implementation of a number of large-scale projects: “Home Internet” by Kyivstar, and the transportation strategy for the city of Kyiv in collaboration with the World Bank. He specializes in the “government in a smartphone” concept and the rollout of 4G.
From 2004 to 2011, he worked as a marketer. Specifically, he worked at Priocom, a software developer that was once one of Ukrtelecom’s largest contractors; at Finance and Credit Bank as head of the strategic marketing department; and at Kyivstar as head of the market monitoring department and later the fixed-line business marketing department.
In 2011, he served as an advisor to the then-head of the Kyiv City State Administration, Oleksandr Popov. From 2014 to 2016, Kubrakov headed the Directorate for Transport Infrastructure Project Management at the Kyiv Investment Agency, a municipal enterprise under the Kyiv City State Administration. He also served as head of the project office at the Ministry of Justice.
From 2016 to 2019, he served as deputy director and later became director of City for People LLC.
He served as an advisor to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko in the IT sector.
In 2019, Kubrakov became a People’s Deputy representing “Servant of the People” and served on the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Human Rights, De-occupation and Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories in Donetsk and Luhansk Regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the City of Sevastopol, National Minorities, and Interethnic Relations.
In November 2019, Kubrakov became the head of Ukravtodor.
In May 2021, he was appointed Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, but on December 1 of the following year, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Kubrakov as Deputy Prime Minister for the Reconstruction of Ukraine—Minister of Community, Territorial, and Infrastructure Development.
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he has been involved in organizing exports amid blocked ports, and later participated in securing the “grain corridor.”
