Yushchenko to head the Ukrainian EURO 2012 Committee
The President of Ukraine, Yushchenko, was appointed to head the national organizational committee for EURO 2012. The relevant decree signed by the head of the state was published on the website of the administration of the President of Ukraine.
Other members of the committee include Gregory Surkis, the head of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU), Oleg Blohin, the coach of the Ukraine’s National Team, Sergij Bubka, the president of the Olympic Committee of Ukraine, Vitalij Klichko, an advisor to the President, Andrij Shevchenko, the captain of the National Team, as well as heads of local administration. Domestic investors are also among the Committee composition: Rinat Achmetov, the owner of football club „Szachtar Donieck”, Ihor Kołomyjski, vice-president of FFU, and Ihor Taruta, the head of the Industrial Union of Donbas and football club „Metalurg Donieck”.