Vitaliy Satskyi

Vitaliy Antonovych Satskyi (Ukrainian: Віталій Антонович Сацький; 22 April 1930 – 26 October 2017) was a Ukrainian politician, director of Zaporizhstal, former metallurgist. He was a member of the Academy of Mining Sciences of Ukraine (1993), the Academy of Engineering Sciences of Ukraine, and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.^[2]

Vitaliy Satskyi HOU, Doctor of Technical Sciences
Віталій Антонович Сацький
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office 15 May 1990[1] – 10 May 1994[1]
Director of the Zaporizhstal
In office 1986–2012
Preceded by	Oleksandr Herasymenko
Succeeded by	Rostyslav Shurma
Personal details
Born	(1930-04-22)April 22, 1930[2] Polohy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	October 26, 2017(2017-10-26) (aged 87) Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Nationality	Ukrainian[1]
Political party	Communist Party of Ukraine
Alma mater	Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute[1]
Occupation	Politician, Red director, Metallurgist

Career

Born in village of Chubarivka^[2] (today Polohy), in 1954 Satskyi graduated a technological faculty of the Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute (today the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine) as engineer-metallurgist.^[2]

In 1954 to 1980 he worked at the leading metal producing factory in Ukraine Kryvorizhstal starting from engineer-roller of rolling shop and secretary of the factory's Komsomol Committee to chief engineer and deputy director of Kryvorizhstal in 1968.^[2]

In 1980-1983 Satskyi was a director of the All-Union Research and Development Design Institute of Mechanized Labor in Ferrous Metallurgy (Ukrainian: Всесоюзний науково-дослідницький проектно-конструкторський технологічний інститут механізованої праці в чорній металургії) in Dnipropetrovsk or briefly Mekhchormet (Ukrainian: Мехчормет) and in 1983-1986 he was a chief of the Ukrmetalurhprom (Ukrainian: Укрметалургпром, Ukrainian Metallurgy).^[2]

In 1986-2012 Satskyi was a director of Zaporizhstal and in 1990-1994 a People's Deputy of Ukraine. On 18 March 1990 he was elected at the Zavodskyi electoral district (#180) of Zaporizhzhia city among eight runners.^[1] In 1950-1991 Satskyi was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.^[1]

On 26 October 2017 he died after an after prolonged illness.^[3] At time of death, Satskyi was on the Forbes list of the most rich people in Ukraine with his assets estimated at $128 million.^[3]

Awards

• Laureate of the State Prize of UkrSSR in Science and Technology (1970)^[2]
• Merited Metallurgist of Ukraine (1975)^[2]
• Hero of Ukraine (1999)^[2]
• Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2001)^[2]

• Order of the Badge of Honour (1966)^[2]
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971)^[2]
• Full cavalier of the Order of Merit (all three degrees 1993–2005)^[2]
• Order of State (1999)^[2]
• Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (5th degree, 2009)^[2]