Kulinich Larisa

Minister of Property and Land Relations of the Republic of Crimea

Date and place of birth: March 2, 1976, Ostapovka, Poltava region, Ukrainian SSR. From July 16, 2020, she has been holding the position of the Minister of Property and Land Relations of the Republic of Crimea. From July 2017 to July 2020 - First Deputy Minister of Property and Land Relations of the Republic of Crimea. From September 2014 to July 2017 - Deputy Minister of Property and Land Relations of the Republic of Crimea. From August 2001 to August 2014 - leading specialist, chief specialist, deputy head of department, head of property management department, deputy chairman of the Property Fund of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. From November 2000 to May 2001 - specialist of the branch of scientific and technical information and agricultural consulting of the Crimean State Agrarian Training and Consulting Center, Simferopol. From August 1998 to October 2000 - Science Accountant of the Sula Experimental Field of the Kiev Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Melioration, Romny, Sumy Region.

In 2011, she graduated from the Odessa Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine (Master of Public Administration). In June 1998, she graduated from the Sumy State Agrarian University, Sumy (specialty economist-accountant).

On April 15, 2021, according to a press release from the US Treasury Department, the US imposed new sanctions against persons involved “in the construction of a bridge in the Kerch Strait in violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and control and management in Crimea.” Kulinich became one of the persons on the sanctions list, as an official involved in the occupation of Crimea.