Head of the supervisory board of Vetropak Hostomel Glass Plant and President of the Association of Glass-making Industries of Ukraine Dmytro Oliynyk has replaced businessman Dmytro Firtash on the post of head of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine (FEU).

According to the report of the FEU, new leaders of the organization were elected on Tuesday by the majority of votes of the FEU Council consisting of 52 chiefs of sector and territorial business organizations.

Oliynyk headed FEU in 2010-2011. Since late 2011 until now he was deputy FEU head for economic issues.

Head of the supervisory board of PrJSC Eurocar and Chairman of the Federation of Automobile Sector Employers Oleh Boyarin was elected deputy head, as well as Director General of SKF Ukraine bearing producer and Chairman of Volyn regional association of employers Volodymyr Tsybulsky, Honorable President of NICMAS Concern and Chairman of Federation of Engineering Industry Employers Hryhoriy Dashutin, Honorable President of UPEC Group and Chairman of Federation of Employers of Kyiv Andriy Antoniuk and Chairman of Sumy Regional Association of Employers Yevhen Lapin.

The new presidium was also elected, consisting of 15 owners of large industrial enterprises and heads of sector associations.

The FEU was founded in 2002. It unites over 80 sector and territorial organizations of employers, representing the interests of around 8,500 enterprises that generate some 70% of Ukraine's GDP and employ over 5 million people.