Rumors of a reshuffle have been circulating in Ukraine since the beginning of the summer. It began on Tuesday, September 3, with a series of resignations – which still need to be approved by Parliament – and continued on Wednesday, September 4, with that of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, a major figure in the government. His most likely successor would be Andrii Sybiha, the first deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to sources in the presidential entourage cited by the media outlet. Ukrainian Pravda.
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The day before, on Tuesday, six other officials announced their departures. Among them were ministers Oleksandr Kamyshin, head of strategic industries responsible for arms production, Denys Maliouska, Minister of Justice, and Ruslan Strilets, responsible for environmental protection and natural resources. Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration since 2020, Olga Stefanishyna, also resigned. She could be promoted and appointed Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, according to a source in the presidential party, Servant of the People, quoted by the media outlet Suspilne News.
After almost three years in government, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Territorial Reintegration Iryna Vereshchuk also announced her resignation on Tuesday evening. “Thank you to the president for your trust!”, she wrote on Facebook. I serve the Ukrainian people!” Ruslan Stefanchuk, the speaker of the parliament, said that he had also received the resignation of the head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine, Vitali Koval.
Further changes are expected to come. “More than 50% of the members of the government” should change, announced David Arakhamia, an influential member of the Servant of the People party, on Telegram on Tuesday evening. ” Tomorrow [mercredi]we will have a day of layoffs, and the day after tomorrow [jeudi] a day of nominations.
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It is the biggest government reshuffle since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. During his daily video address on Tuesday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said state institutions “should be configured in such a way that Ukraine gets all the results we need” ahead of his planned visit to the United States in September, where he is expected to present a “victory plan” to US President Joe Biden. “For this, we need to strengthen some sectors of the government, and changes in its composition have been prepared. There will also be changes in the cabinet [du président] »he added.
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