On Saturday, the laureates of the 10th national program "Person of the Year – 2005" were determined in Kyiv.
The solemn award ceremony for the laureates and winners took place at the National Palace "Ukraine".
According to the decision of the Higher Academic Council, in the nomination "Public Leader of the Year" the winner was Volodymyr Lytvyn - Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.
In the nomination "Regional Leader of the Year" the winner was Oleksandr Cherevko - head of the Cherkasy Regional State Administration. (The head of the Volyn Regional State Administration, Volodymyr Bondar, also vied for victory in this nomination)
In the nomination "City Mayor of the Year" preference was given to the mayor of Zaporizhzhia, Yevhen Kartashov.
"Industrialist of the Year" was Yevhen Dmytriiev - chairman of the board, general director of the State Joint-Stock Company "Tytan".
"Entrepreneur of the Year" – Serhiy Taruta - chairman of the board of directors of the corporation "Industrial Union of Donbas".
"Manager of the Year" was named as Oleh Radkovskyi - president of the holding "Bereh-Grupp".
In the nomination "Financier of the Year" the victory was won by the chairman of the board of JSCB "UkrSotsBank" Borys Tymonkin.
"Leader of Small and Medium Business of the Year" was named as the president of the corporation "Alians" Serhiy Kononov.
"National Trade Mark of the Year" became the trade mark "Furshet".
"Agrarian of the Year" was named as Oleksiy Vadaturskyi - general director of LLC SP "Nibulon".
In the nomination "Investment of the Year" preference was given to the investment projects of the enterprise "ISTIL".
"Journalist of the Year in the Field of Print Media" became Serhiy Rakhmanin – journalist of the newspaper "Dzerkalo Tyzhnia".
"Journalist of the Year in the Field of Electronic Media" was named as Yuriy Toropchynov (TRC "Era").
The title "Scientist of the Year" was received by Valeriy Heiets - director of the Institute of Economic Forecasting, academician of the NAS of Ukraine.
"Artist of the Year" was named as Volodymyr Hryshko - People's Artist of Ukraine, soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine.
"Actor of the Year" was named as Ostap Stupka - Honored Artist of Ukraine, actor of the National Academic Drama Theater named after I. Franko.
The title "Athlete of the Year" was given to Yuriy Krymarenko - 2005 world champion in athletics.
"Patron of the Year" by decision of the jury was named as Vadym Rabinovych - president of the Interconfessional Association "Step Toward Unity".
"Young Talent of the Year" became Tetiana Komashchenko - holder of the "grand prix" title of the all-Ukrainian festival "World of Talents-2005" among vocalists.
In total, the experts who participated in determining the laureates nominated 982 candidates for the laureate titles.
In addition, "for outstanding contribution to the development of culture and art" an international prize was awarded to singer and composer Volodymyr Shainskyi.
The international prize in the field of socio-political activity was awarded to the President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus.
The international prize in the field of diplomacy was awarded to the Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine, Kishiro Amai.
For promoting a positive image of Ukraine in the world, the award was received by Miss World – 2005 Oleksandra Nikolayenko.
Also, a special prize was awarded to the coach of the National Football Team of Ukraine, Oleh Blokhin.
At the same time, during the solemn ceremony, a moment of silence paid tribute to the memory of persons who, over the decade of the program "Person of the Year" existence, won in it, but are no longer with us. These are - Vadym Hetman, Zynoviy Kulyk, Anatoliy Solovianenko, Anatoliy Moskalenko, Ivan Kuras, Olha Bura.