Denys Shmyhal

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Denys Shmyhal
Денис Шмигаль
File:Денис Шмигаль (08-12-2020) (cropped).jpg
Shmyhal in 2020
18th Prime Minister of Ukraine
Assumed office
4 March 2020
President Volodymyr Zelensky
Deputy Oleksiy Lyubchenko (May—November 2021)
Yulia Svyrydenko (since November 2021)
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
(1975-10-15) 15 October 1975 (age 48)
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 entrepreneur and politician who has been the Prime Minister of Ukraine since 4 March 2020.[5]

Shmyhal is serving as the country’s Prime Minister and thus is in charge of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Ukraine.[6]

Prior to becoming Prime Minister, Shmyhal was the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.[7]

Biography

In 1997, he graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic. He holds the title of Candidate of Economic Sciences (2003).[8] From his graduation in 1997 until September 2005, Shmyhal worked as an accountant in various companies.[9] From September 2005 to June 2006, Shmyhal was Deputy General Director of a company called "LA DIS".[9] From June 2006 to August 2008, he was Director for the investment company "Comfort-Invest".[9] From September 2008 to September 2009, Shmyhal was General Director of a company called "ROSANINVEST LLC".[9]

Shmyhal worked in multiple leading political roles in Ukraine's Lviv Oblast from 2009 until December 2013.[9] Firstly, as the Head of the Department of Economics at the Lviv Oblast Administration between 2009 and 2011.[4][9] It is there were he met and worked with Oleh Nemchinov who would, in 2020, become Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Shmyhal Government.[10] Shmyhal then became the Head of the Department of Economics and Industrial Policy for the whole of 2012.[9] In 2013, he was Head of the Department of Economic Development, Investment, Trade and Industry.[9]

For the first four months of 2014, Shmyhal was a consultant to a People's Deputy of Ukraine.[9]

File:Secretary Blinken Meets With Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal (51171601739).jpg
Shmyhal meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 6, 2021.

From May 2014 to December 2014, Shmyhal worked as Deputy Head of the Lviv Oblast regional office of the Ministry of Revenues and Duties.[9][5]

He served as Vice President of Lviv-based frozen goods distributor TVK Lvivkholod from 2015 to 2017.[5]

From 2018 to 2019, Shmyhal served as Director of the Burshtyn TES which is the largest electricity producer in Ivano-Frankivsk, and is part of Rinat Akhmetov's holdings.[11][12][13]

From 1 August 2019 until his ministerial appointment, Shmyhal was the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.[7]

On 4 February 2020, he was appointed Minister of Regional Development.[14]

Shmyhal replaced Oleksiy Honcharuk as the Prime Minister of Ukraine in March 2020.[15]

Personal life

Shmyhal is married to Kateryna. They have two daughters.[9] Kateryna is a former co-owner of the Lviv “Kamyanetsky Bakery” and the local NextBike bike rental. She sold her shares in these companies in 2019.[9]

See also

References

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  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "In lang". Zelensky has appointed a new head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration, Ukrayinska Pravda (10 February 2020)
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  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 Script error: No such module "In lang"./(website has automatic Google Translate option) Small biography of Denys Shmyhal, LIGA
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Ukraine's parliament appoints Shmyhal as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Community Development, UNIAN (4 February 2020)
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.(Subscription required.)

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