Andrii Zahorodniuk | |
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Андрій Загороднюк | |
15th Minister of Defence of Ukraine | |
In office 29 August 2019 – 4 March 2020 | |
President | Volodymyr Zelensky |
Prime Minister | Oleksiy Honcharuk |
Preceded by | Stepan Poltorak |
Succeeded by | Andriy Taran |
Personal details | |
Born | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | 5 December 1976
Education | •
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv • University of Warwick • Saïd Business School • University of Oxford |
Occupation | Politician |
Andrii Pavlovych Zahorodniuk ( Ukrainian: Андрій Павлович Загороднюк; born 5 December 1976 [1]) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. [2] From 2015 to 2017, Zahorodniuk headed the Reform Project Office at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. He was the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 29 August 2019 to 4 March 2020. [3] [4]
Zahorodniuk studied law at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He also graduated from Warwick University and Oxford University. [5]
From 2005 to 2015 Zahorodniuk was the CEO of “Discovery Drilling Equipment Company”. [6]
From 2015 to 2017, Zahorodniuk headed the Reform Project Office at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. [5] In 2018 he was a member of the Reform Project Office under the Ministry of Defense. [7]
Zahorodniuk became an advisor to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky after Zelensky was elected president in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election. [8]
On 9 July 2019, President Zelensky appointed Zahorodniuk to serve as a Member of the supervisory board at Ukroboronprom. [6]
On 29 August 2019 Zahorodniuk was appointed Minister of Defence in the Honcharuk Government. [4] On 4 March 2020 he was succeeded (in this post) by Andrii Taran. [4]
After his resignation as Defence Minister, Zahorodniuk became the Chairman of the “Centre for Defense Strategies”. [9] The CDS is a Ukrainian security think tank that is involved in security studies, defence policy research and advocacy.
In July 2020 the Central Election Commission of Ukraine recognised Zahorodniuk's wife Alina Sviderska as a new People's Deputy of Ukraine for Voice, after Svyatoslav Vakarchuk's mandate was prematurely terminated, but she refused to take this position so Vakarchuk in Parliament was replaced by Andriy Sharaskin. [10]
Andrii Zahorodniuk | |
---|---|
Андрій Загороднюк | |
15th Minister of Defence of Ukraine | |
In office 29 August 2019 – 4 March 2020 | |
President | Volodymyr Zelensky |
Prime Minister | Oleksiy Honcharuk |
Preceded by | Stepan Poltorak |
Succeeded by | Andriy Taran |
Personal details | |
Born | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | 5 December 1976
Education | •
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv • University of Warwick • Saïd Business School • University of Oxford |
Occupation | Politician |
Andrii Pavlovych Zahorodniuk ( Ukrainian: Андрій Павлович Загороднюк; born 5 December 1976 [1]) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. [2] From 2015 to 2017, Zahorodniuk headed the Reform Project Office at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. He was the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 29 August 2019 to 4 March 2020. [3] [4]
Zahorodniuk studied law at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He also graduated from Warwick University and Oxford University. [5]
From 2005 to 2015 Zahorodniuk was the CEO of “Discovery Drilling Equipment Company”. [6]
From 2015 to 2017, Zahorodniuk headed the Reform Project Office at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. [5] In 2018 he was a member of the Reform Project Office under the Ministry of Defense. [7]
Zahorodniuk became an advisor to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky after Zelensky was elected president in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election. [8]
On 9 July 2019, President Zelensky appointed Zahorodniuk to serve as a Member of the supervisory board at Ukroboronprom. [6]
On 29 August 2019 Zahorodniuk was appointed Minister of Defence in the Honcharuk Government. [4] On 4 March 2020 he was succeeded (in this post) by Andrii Taran. [4]
After his resignation as Defence Minister, Zahorodniuk became the Chairman of the “Centre for Defense Strategies”. [9] The CDS is a Ukrainian security think tank that is involved in security studies, defence policy research and advocacy.
In July 2020 the Central Election Commission of Ukraine recognised Zahorodniuk's wife Alina Sviderska as a new People's Deputy of Ukraine for Voice, after Svyatoslav Vakarchuk's mandate was prematurely terminated, but she refused to take this position so Vakarchuk in Parliament was replaced by Andriy Sharaskin. [10]