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Quick facts for kids Taras Kutovy Тарас Вікторович Кутовий
Kutovy in 2015
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine
In office 14 April 2016 – 22 November 2018
Prime Minister	Volodymyr Groysman
Preceded by	Oleksiy Pavlenko
Succeeded by	Maxim Martynyuk (acting)
People's Deputy of Ukraine
7th convocation
In office December 12, 2012 – November 27, 2014
Constituency	UDAR, No.151 electoral district
8th convocation
In office November 27, 2014 – December 2, 2014
Constituency	Petro Poroshenko Bloc, No.151 electoral district
Personal details
Born	Taras Viktorovych Kutovy (1976-02-25)25 February 1976 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	21 October 2019(2019-10-21) (aged 43) Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
Nationality	Ukrainian
Political party	Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity"
Other political affiliations	UDAR
Alma mater	National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine (1997) Kyiv National Economic University (1998) International Management Institute Kyiv (2002)
Occupation	Economist, statesman

Taras Viktorovych Kutovy (Ukrainian: Тарас Вікторович Кутовий; 25 February 1976 – 21 October 2019) was a Ukrainian economist and politician.

On 14 April 2016, he was appointed minister of agrarian policy and food of Ukraine in the Groysman government. On 23 May 2017, he announced that he wanted to resign from this position and asked lawmakers to support his decision. On 22 November 2018, the parliament approved his resignation. Kutovy died in a helicopter crash in Ukraine's Poltava Oblast on 21 October 2019 at the age of 43.