Denys Shmyhal
Denys Shmyhal | |
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Денис Шмигаль | |
Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
Assumed office 4 March 2020 | |
President | Volodymyr Zelensky |
Preceded by | Oleksiy Honcharuk |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Communities and Territories Development | |
In office 4 February 2020 – 4 March 2020[1] | |
Prime Minister | Oleksiy Honcharuk |
Preceded by | Aliona Babak |
Succeeded by | Oleksiy Chernyshov |
Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | |
In office 1 August 2019 – 5 February 2020[2] | |
President | Volodymyr Zelensky |
Prime Minister | Volodymyr Groysman Oleksiy Honcharuk |
Preceded by | Oleh Honcharuk |
Succeeded by | Vitaliy Fedoriv (Acting)[3] |
Personal details | |
Born | Denys Anatoliyovych Shmyhal 15 October 1975 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Political party | Independent |
Education | Lviv Polytechnic |
Occupation | entrepreneur politician |
Denys Anatoliyovych Shmyhal (Ukrainian: Денис Анатолійович Шмигаль; born 15 October 1975[4]) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician.[5]
On 4 March 2020, he became the Prime Minister of Ukraine.[6]
Biography
[change | change source]Denys was born on 15 October 1975 in Lviv. In 1997, he graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic (engineering and economics).
1997-2005 he works as accountant in private sector. From June 2006 to August 2008, he was Director for the investment company Comfort-Invest.
In 2008-2009, Shmyhal was General Director at Rosaninvest LLC.
Shmyhal worked in multiple leading political roles in Ukraine's Lviv Oblast from 2009 until December 2013.
In 2009-2013 served as the head of the Department of Economics and the head of the Department of Economic Development, Investment, Trade and Industryat the Lviv Oblast Administration.
In 2015-2017 he was a Vice President of Lviv company Lvivkholod.
In 2018-2019, Shmyhal was a Director of the Burshtyn TES.
From August 2019 till February 2020 he was the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
On 4 February 2020, he became the Minister of Regional Development of Ukraine.
In March 2020, Denys Shmyhal became the Prime Minister of Ukraine.[7]
Personal life
[change | change source]Shmyhal is married to Kateryna. The couple has two daughters.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Новий Кабмін Шмигаля – став відомим склад уряду - Кабінет Міністрів України - Верховна Рада | РБК-Україна". Rbc.ua. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ↑ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 38/2020". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved February 5, 2020.
- ↑ (in Ukrainian) Zelensky has appointed a new head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration, Ukrayinska Pravda (10 February 2020)
- ↑ "Голова обласної державної адміністрації". www.if.gov.ua (30 October 2019 archived page via Wayback Machine) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Шмигаль Денис Анатолійович". dovidka.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Denys Schmygal zum neuen Premierminister ernannt". www.ukrinform.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ↑ "Новий прем'єр: Денис Шмигаль, який за півроку пройшов шлях від голови ОДА до керівника уряду". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-12-14.