President Viktor Yushchenko appointed Yuriy Polyachenko as Minister of Health of Ukraine. \n \nThis is stated in Yushchenko's decree, the presidential press service reported on Wednesday. \n \nPolyachenko was born on February 20, 1963 in Kyiv, and in 1986 he graduated from the Kyiv Medical Institute. \n \nSince March 2001 - chairman of the Standing Tender Committee of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine for organizing and carrying out procedures for the procurement of goods, works and services with state funds. \n \nSince 2001, he worked at the Ministry of Health of Ukraine: \n \nfrom September 2001 to June 2002 - first deputy state secretary, \nfrom June 2002 - state secretary, then - first deputy minister. \n \nSince November 28, 2003 - deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Volodymyr Radchenko. \n \n