The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has approved the Cabinet of Ministers. The newly appointed ministers are already making their first statements about their new positions.
Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development Aivaras Abromavicius predicts the dismissal of his deputies.
As the newly elected minister said: “Most likely, the majority of people will need to be changed.”
In turn, the new Minister of Finance, Natalia Yaresko, noted that effective ministry staff could be retained. She also promised to submit a draft state budget for 2015 by December 20.
Moreover, all appointed "foreign" ministers stated that, by agreement, they have complete freedom in forming their teams.
Full list of the new Cabinet of Ministers (based on materials TSN):
Gennady Zubko
Hennadiy Zubko, 37, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities, was born in Mykolaiv. He graduated from the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in 1991 with a degree in Automated Control Systems. He also attended individual courses at Northwestern University in Illinois and Chicago, as well as the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, where he received a second degree in management and economics in 2008. Zubko began his political career in 2006, becoming a member of the Zhytomyr Regional Council. In 2010, he headed the Front for Change faction in the regional council. In May 2012, Zubko became the head of the Zhytomyr regional election headquarters of the United Opposition All-Ukrainian Union "Batkivshchyna." In December of that year, he became a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the All-Ukrainian Union "Batkivshchyna" party, elected in single-mandate constituency No. 62. In December 2012, Zubko served as First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Construction, Urban Development, Housing and Utilities, and Regional Policy. From May to June 2014, Zubko served as Acting Head of the State Administration. On June 10, 2014, he was appointed First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. From 2010 to the present, Zubko has served as Chairman of the Board of PJSC "Zhytomyr Enclosing Structures Plant." He is married and has two children.
Vyacheslav Kirilenko
Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Culture of Ukraine - Vyacheslav Kyrylenko . Born June 7, 1968 in Polieske, Kyiv region, to a family of teachers. Married. His wife, Kateryna, teaches at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. They have two children. In 1993, he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, and in 1996, he completed his postgraduate studies at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He began his political activity while still a student. From 1989 to 1992, he chaired the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Student Union (USU), and a year later, he headed the USU. From 1993 to 2002, he was the head of the All-Ukrainian youth public organization "Young Movement". Since 1993 - a member of the People's Movement of Ukraine. Just two years later, he became a member of the Presidium of the Central Leadership of the NRU. He held this position until 1999. At the same time, until 1998, he was the head of the analysis department of the NRU secretariat. In 1998-2002, Kyrylenko worked as a people's deputy of Ukraine in the Rada of the third convocation. In particular, he was the secretary of the VR committee on social policy and labor. In 2001 - member of the Presidium of the public committee "For Truth!", co-chairman of the Youth Coalition "Our Ukraine". Since 2002, Kyrylenko became deputy head of the Ukrainian People's Party. 2002-2005 - People's Deputy of Ukraine of the fourth convocation from V. Yushchenko's bloc "Our Ukraine", 1st deputy chairman of the VR committee on social policy and labor. February 4, 2005 - September 2005 - Minister of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine. September 27, 2005 - Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine. Since May 25, 2006 - People's Deputy of Ukraine from the Our Ukraine party. Since December 25, 2006 - the leader of the Our Ukraine faction. 2007 - received a parliamentary mandate on the list of the Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense bloc (No. 2). Leader of the NU-NS faction. Member of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality. 2009 - elected leader of the public movement "For Ukraine!", And later - leader of the party "For Ukraine!" 2014 - introduced to the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada meeting the bill "On Repealing the Law of Ukraine "On the Fundamentals of State Language Policy." 232 deputies voted for the adoption of the bill. 2014 - elected to the Rada of the eighth convocation as a deputy from the People's Front party.
Stepan Poltorak
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine is Stepan Poltorak (for more information, see Stepan Poltorak: the new Kuchma needed a new Kuzmuk ) . He was born on February 11, 1965, in the village of Vesela Dolyna, Tarutyn district, Odessa region. He graduated from the Ordzhonikidzhevsky Higher Military Command School of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Military Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 2003, he defended his PhD dissertation on "Pedagogical Conditions for Developing Unit Commander Skills in Future Officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine." In August 1983, he entered military service, where he held the positions of platoon commander, company commander, battalion chief of staff, battalion commander, regiment commander, and brigade commander. Since March 2002, he has been the head of the Academy of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. On February 28, 2014, by decree of the Speaker of Parliament Oleksandr Turchynov, he was appointed Head of the Main Directorate – Commander of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. On April 15, 2014, he was confirmed as Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine. On August 23, 2014, he was awarded the military rank of Colonel General. On October 14, 2014, the Verkhovna Rada voted to appoint Stepan Poltorak as Minister of Defense of Ukraine. His candidacy, submitted to parliament by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, was supported by 245 people's representatives. On October 27, 2014, by Decree No. 827/2014, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko appointed Stepan Poltorak to the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. For exemplary service and conscientious performance of official duties, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd degree, the medal "For Military Merit", the badge of the President of Ukraine "For Impeccable Service", the badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "Honorary Badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine", the badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "Knight of the Law", the badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "Cross of Glory", the badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "For the Safety of the People", 1st and 2nd degrees, the badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "Law and Honor", the badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "For the Development of Science, Technology and Education", 1st and 2nd degrees, the badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine - the medal "For Professionalism in Management".
Pavel Klimkin
Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs is Pavlo Klimkin . He was born on December 25, 1967, in Kursk, Russia. He holds a higher education degree. In 1991, he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a degree in physics and applied mathematics. However, in 1993, he switched to diplomacy. For the next several years, he served as an attaché, and subsequently as the third and second secretary of the Department of Military Control and Disarmament of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. 1997-2000 — Third, Second Secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Federal Republic of Germany 2000-2002 — First Secretary, Advisor of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (nuclear and energy security) 2002-2004 — Head of the Department of Economic and Sectoral Cooperation with the EU of the Department of European Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 2004-2008 — Minister-Counselor of the Embassy of Ukraine in the UK 03.2008-04.2010 — Director of the European Union Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 04.2010 — 04.2011 — Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 04.2011 — 06.2012 — Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine — Chief of Staff 06.2012 — 06.2014 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Federal Republic of Germany. On June 19, 2014, Klimkin was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in the government of Arseniy Yatsenyuk. As head of the diplomatic department, Klimkin implemented a number of internal personnel changes, including recalling many Ukrainian ambassadors from other countries and reforming the diplomatic corps. He speaks English and German and has a basic knowledge of French. Significantly, he is one of the few Ukrainian ministers who communicates with foreign colleagues without an interpreter during official meetings. He is an active user of social media and has a family. He is married and has two sons.
Arsen Avakov
According to UNIAN, Arsen Avakov, 50, is the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine . He was born in Baku, the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, into a military family. He moved to Ukraine in 1966. Avakov graduated from the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute in 1988, specializing in automated control systems. In 1990, he founded and headed the Investor joint-stock company, and in 1992, the Basis commercial bank. He was elected a member of the executive committee of the Kharkiv City Council in 2002, and in 2005, he was appointed head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. In February 2010, he resigned, protesting Yushchenko's systematic steps to support Viktor Yanukovych. In April 2010, he joined the Batkivshchyna party. In October of that year, he ran for Kharkiv mayor but lost to Gennady Kernes. Avakov is a member of the Kharkiv Regional Council of the 5th and 6th convocations. From September 2011 to December 2012, he lived in political exile in Italy due to persecution by the then-government, and in October 2012, he was elected as a member of parliament of the 7th convocation from the Batkivshchyna party. On February 27, 2014, he was first appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Avakov has a wife and a son.
Aivaras Abromavicius
Aivaras Abromavicius, Minister of Economic Development, was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. As a child, he was a Soviet basketball champion and studied in Estonia at the first business school in the former USSR, the American University, and is a graduate of Concordia International University in Tallinn. While still a student, Abromavicius began working at Hansabank, the largest bank in the Baltics, and at 22, he became the director of the securities department. However, Abromavicius built a successful career in Sweden. He is currently a partner at the Swedish investment company East Capital, having been invited by its founder, Peter Elam Håkansson. The company received its name due to its focus on Eastern European markets. It has invested not only in the Ukrainian but also in the Russian markets. Abromavicius lived in Moscow for a time and then became head of the company's Kyiv office. He currently lives in Kyiv. His Ukrainian wife is one of the directors of East Capital's asset, the Ukrainian company Agro Region.
Natalia Yaresko
The Minister of Finance is Natalia Jaresko . Natalia Jaresko was nominated by Samopomich. She is one of the co-founders of Horizon Capital and serves as its CEO. Jaresko grew up in Chicago, the daughter of Ukrainian parents who emigrated from the United States after World War II. She earned a Master of Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in 1989 and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from DePaul University (Chicago, Illinois) in 1987. After completing her education, Jaresko joined the Economic Division of the US State Department, where she specialized in Soviet affairs. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Jaresko moved to Ukraine, where she headed the Economic Section of the US Embassy until 1995. After completing her contract, Yaresko did not return to the United States but went to work for the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), a private equity fund supporting small and medium-sized businesses, established with $150 million from the US government. In 2001, Yaresko became head of WNISEF, and in 2006, riding the wave of interest in Ukraine following the Orange Revolution, she founded her own company, Horizon Capital. Since its inception, the fund has invested over $250 million in Ukrainian companies. Overall, Yaresko has 23 years of professional experience in the region, primarily in Ukraine. In 2003, for her contribution to the development of the Ukrainian economy, Yaresko was awarded the Order of Princess Olga by the President of Ukraine. She also served as a member of the Advisory Council on Foreign Investment under President Yushchenko and the Advisory Committee of the Ukrainian Center for Foreign Investment Promotion under the Cabinet of Ministers.
Vladimir Demchishin
Volodymyr Demchyshyn, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry , has served as Chairman of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities (NCREPU) since August of this year. Prior to his appointment as Chairman of NCREPU, Demchyshyn served as Director of Investment Banking Services at Investment Capital Ukraine (ICU). Valeria Gontareva, the current Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, served as Chair of ICU's Board of Directors. Demchyshyn has worked at ICU since 2008. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of ING Bank and as a Corporate Finance Manager at Ernst & Young. Demchyshyn holds three higher education degrees. His first is a Specialist in International Economic Relations from Lviv State University. His second degree is a Specialist (Kaufmann Diploma) from the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. His third degree is an MBA in International Finance from the University of Kansas Graduate School of Business in the United States. Fluent in three languages—English, German, and Polish—Demchyshyn is 41 years old and hails from Ternopil. Outside of work, he is also a children's writer, writing fairy tales, short stories, and poetry. He was "infected" with creativity by his father, a writer who published 16 collections during his lifetime. Demchyshyn began writing poetry while still in school. But his creative breakthrough came after the birth of his daughter, Angelina, at the age of 35. As a child, he dreamed of becoming a restaurant chef, so another of his specialties is culinary engineering. He loves fishing. His personal fishing record is catching a 700-gram pike. He is a member of trade unions and organizations of journalists, writers, and public figures.
Alexey Pavlenko
Oleksiy Pavlenko, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. He also earned an MBA from the Nyenrode University School of Business in the Netherlands in 2002. He managed the Foxtrot chain of stores and headed one of the largest agricultural holdings, Raize. Pavlenko is currently a partner at the Pharus Assets Management investment fund, head of the trust board of Int-Invest, and a member of the trust board of European Dairy Technologies.
Andrey Pivovarsky
The Minister of Infrastructure is Andriy Pivovarsky . The Minister of Infrastructure is the CEO of the Continuum Group of Companies, which includes, among other things, the WOG gas stations owned by Igor Yeremeyev, one of the controversial MPs elected to the Verkhovna Rada. Since 2006, Pivovarsky has worked at the investment company Dragon Capital (Ukraine) as a managing director and director of the investment banking department. Prior to that, he worked at the Moscow office of IFC, where he managed a $100 million investment portfolio in Central and Eastern Europe. Pivovarsky has a Western education, earning a Master's degree in International Business and Finance from the Fletcher School, Tufts University (USA).
Pavel Petrenko
The Minister of Justice is Pavlo Petrenko , 35. He was born in Chernivtsi. Petrenko studied law at Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University and graduated with honors with a degree in Jurisprudence. He also earned a degree from the Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine. Until 2010, the current Minister of Justice practiced law, and in November 2010, he was elected to the Kyiv Regional Council. During the December 2012 parliamentary elections, Petrenko served as head of the legal department of the United Opposition "Batkivshchyna" and was a member of parliament in the seventh convocation of the Verkhovna Rada from this political party. Petrenko was also an active participant in the Euromaidan protests, and starting on November 26, 2013, he participated in the release of detained Maidan protesters. In March 2014, Petrenko resigned from his post as a member of parliament following his appointment as Minister of Justice of Ukraine.
( Read more about him in Pavel Petrenko's article: "The Yatsenyuk Family's Pocket Boy" )
Alexander Kvitashvili
Minister of Health – Alexander Kvitashvili . Former head of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Social Affairs of Georgia, Alexander Kvitashvili was born in Tbilisi and studied in the United States at the Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service. Some time after completing his education, he returned to Georgia, where he worked at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) office in Georgia as an administrative and financial officer. In 2002, Kvitashvili became the national expert coordinator for the subcommittee on health, education, and social programs for economic growth and poverty alleviation. He also worked as a consultant for various international organizations in Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Ukraine, Armenia, and Serbia. In addition, Kvitashvili worked in New York at the EastWest Institute and as a consultant to the Transatlantic Partnership Against AIDS Institute. In 2004, he was appointed director of administration at the EastWest Institute. In 2005, he was appointed chief administration officer of the institute and became a member of the board of directors. Kvitashvili has published several analytical works on healthcare reform and social protection analysis. He served as Minister of Health from 2008 to 2010. He also served as Rector of Tbilisi State University.
Yuri Stets
Yuriy Stets is the Minister of Information . The new ministry will implement a unified information security program, counter Russian information aggression, and prevent external influence on Ukraine's information space. facebook.com/yura.stets Yuriy Stets is 38 years old. He was born in Chortkiv, Ternopil Oblast. In 1996, he graduated from the Chernihiv College of Arts, and in 2009, from the Kharkiv State Polytechnic University, specializing in Information Systems Management. In 2011, he received a diploma in foreign economic activity management. Stets worked as a journalist and reporter for various Ukrainian media outlets, and in 2002, he became the general producer of NBM Television and Radio Company LLC (Channel 5). Since 2007, he has been the director of NBM-Radio Television and Radio Company LLC and a member of the supervisory board of Channel 5. In 2007, he was a member of parliament of Ukraine from the "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense" bloc and secretary of the parliamentary committee on freedom of speech and information. From February to December 2012, Stets chaired the committee. In December 2012, he became a member of parliament of the seventh convocation of the Verkhovna Rada from the "Batkivshchyna" party and also became a member of the committee on freedom of speech and information. Stets is married to Channel 5 journalist Yana Konotop and has three children.
Pavel Rosenko
The Minister of Social Policy is Pavlo Rozenko ( read more about him in the article Pavlo Rozenko. The History of the Minister of Subsidies and Pensions ) . He was born on July 15, 1970 in Kyiv into a family of civil servants. In particular, his mother headed a department of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of Ukraine. Pavlo Rozenko graduated from the capital's Polytechnic. During his student years, he was one of the founders of the first independent all-Ukrainian student organization - the Ukrainian Student Union (USU). He headed the Kyiv city organization of the USU, and was also the first deputy chairman of the USU. Since 1989, he was a member of the People's Movement of Ukraine, later the Young Movement, and also took an active part in the largest student protests of the 90s - "Revolution on Granite". Since Ukraine's independence, he worked as a civil servant: 1994-2000 - assistant-consultant to a people's deputy of Ukraine; 2000-2001 — Assistant to the Minister, Head of the Service for Support of Activities of the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine; 2001-2005 — Assistant-Consultant to the People's Deputy of Ukraine; 2005 (February) — First Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine; 2007 — Head of the Social Policy Service of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine; 2008-2010 (June) — First Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine, became an Honored Worker of the Social Sphere of Ukraine; Since 2010 — independent expert on social policy, leading expert of the A. Razumkov Center, public figure; Since 2012 — member of Vitali Klitschko's UDAR party in the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, ran at number 10. 2012 (October) — People's Deputy of Ukraine, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Social Policy and Labor. Pavlo Rozenko is also the author of over 100 articles and publications on social policy, pension reform, the benefits and compensation system in Ukraine, wages, and other aspects of social and labor relations. He holds the rank of first-rank civil servant.
Sergey Quit
Minister of Education and Science - Serhiy Kvit . Born on November 26, 1965 in picturesque Uzhgorod in Transcarpathia. After graduating from high school in Lviv in 1982, he served in the 29th separate sports company of the Carpathian Military District. After serving, he entered the preparatory department of the journalism faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, graduating in 1991. He defended his candidate's dissertation at the National University of Kyiv. Later, he defended his doctoral dissertation at the Ukrainian Free University. He began teaching in 1996 at the Institute of Journalism, where he worked until 2001. For two years, he headed the press and publishing department of the State Committee for Information Policy, Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine. In 1991, he began working in his specialty at the magazine "Word and Time." For several months, he worked at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) as editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tak." He also opened a school of journalism in Mohyla Academy, where he served as director until 2007. He also served as dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Social Technologies at NaUKMA. In 2007, he became president of Mohyla Academy. In 2014, following the Revolution of Dignity, he became the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine. Serhiy Kvit has received numerous awards. In 2014, he received the St. Volodymyr Medal.
Anna Onishchenko
The Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers is Anna Onishchenko. Anna Onishchenko is 30 years old and is originally from Kyiv. 2007 — received a Master of Laws, having completed a Master's degree in Jurisprudence at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. 2011 — received a PhD in Law. She began her career while still a student. 2004-2006 — legal adviser to the Kyiv branch of A-Lex Law Firm LLC. 2006-2007 — legal adviser to the Department of Interregional Business and Legal Support of PrivatBank Representative Office in Kyiv. 2007-2009 — lawyer at Stolichnaya Legal Group CJSC. 2009-2013 — Head of the Corporate Governance Department at MLGroup Law Firm LLC. From 2013 to 2014, she served as Lead Legal Advisor in the Claims and Litigation Department of the Legal Support Department at PJSC Ukrnafta. From March to May 2014, she served as Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine and Chief of Staff. Since May 2014, she has served as Chairperson of the State Registration Service of Ukraine. Anna Onyshchenko's 2013 asset declaration indicates that she was single at the time. Her total income for the previous year was UAH 35, of which UAH 30 was salary and the rest dividends and interest. She owns a 106,2 square meter apartment, which she purchased for almost UAH 980. At the time, she had UAH 3,7 in her bank accounts. She also contributed UAH 20 to the authorized capital of an enterprise. Last year, Anna Onyshchenko represented Arseniy Yatsenyuk, then the chairman of the Batkivshchyna faction in the Verkhovna Rada, in Kyiv's Pechersky District Court. The court then ordered Yatsenyuk to refute allegations that then-Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Klyuyev orchestrated provocations at the May 18, 2013, rally in Kyiv.
Ihor Zhdanov
Minister of Youth and Sports - Ihor Zhdanov . In 1992, he graduated from the history department of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In 1994, he completed postgraduate studies in the law department of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and in 1996, he completed courses at Thames Valley University (United Kingdom). In 1994, he represented presidential candidate Leonid Kuchma in the Central Election Commission. In 1994-1995, he worked in the legal department of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine and a group of assistants to President Kuchma. In 1997-1999, he was an employee of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (assistant to the deputy secretary of the NSDC). In 1995-1997 and 1999-2005, he was director of political and legal programs at the Oleksandr Razumkov Ukrainian Center for Economic and Political Research. Since 2002, he has served as a freelance consultant to the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Combating Organized Crime and Corruption. In 2004, he served as a leading analyst for the campaign headquarters of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko. From 2005 to 2007, he was First Deputy Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Union "Our Ukraine" party and a member of the party's political council. During the 2006 and 2007 parliamentary elections, he was a member of the leadership of the central headquarters of the "Our Ukraine" and "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense" blocs. Since May 2008, he has been president of the Open Policy think tank (Kyiv). Zhdanov is married and has a son and a daughter. His hobbies include biblical history, the history of World War II, and science fiction.
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources – Ihor Shevchenko (Batkivshchyna; lawyer, founder of the Meritocratic Party)
Valery Voshchevsky
Deputy Prime Minister - Valeriy Voshchevsky (Lyashko's Radical Party; former Chairman of the Board of JSC "State Joint-Stock Company "Automobile Roads of Ukraine", Chairman of the State Road Service of Ukraine "Ukravtodor", current Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PJSC "Chernihiv Confectionery Factory "Strela").
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