People's deputies from the "Servant of the People" party, during a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a faction meeting, familiarized themselves with the candidates for heads of ministries who will join the new Cabinet of Ministers. Among the new names are Vsevolod Chentsov, Vitaliy Kim and Denis Maslov, reports UNN.
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The first details after the meeting of the "Servant of the People" faction were reported by Olha Vasylevska-Smahliuk.
According to her, Vsevolod Chentsov, who until now has built a career as a diplomat, will become Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration.
Vitaliy Kim, who is remembered by Ukrainians as the head of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration, will head the Ministry of Veterans Affairs.
Lawyer Denis Maslov will head the Ministry of Justice.
People's Deputy Vitaliy Bezgin will receive the position of Minister of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine.
Head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration Mykola Kalashnyk will become Minister of Infrastructure and Restoration.
And the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be headed by the head of the National Police of Ukraine, Ivan Vyhivskyi.
Ihor Klymenko, who currently holds the portfolio of Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, will become the head of the Ministry of Defense.
Oksana Ferchuk will become the head of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
Ministers whom Vasylevska-Smahliuk did not include in this list will likely retain their positions in the new Government.
Also, Olha Vasylevska-Smahliuk wrote that Oleksiy Sobolev, who in Yuliia Svyrydenko's Government headed the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, will leave his post and will subsequently work in the Office of the President of Ukraine. He will be replaced by Oleksandr Kravchenko.
And the Ministry of Agrarian Policy will be headed by Taras Vysotskyi — the deputy minister of economy in Svyrydenko's Government.
The Ministry of Education and Science will also get a new head. He will be a scientist and lawyer Andriy Butenko.
In addition, the parliamentarian reported that for now, representatives of the mono-majority and the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy have not decided on a candidate for the ambassador of Ukraine to the USA. Also, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine will not be appointed yet.
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