Shmyhal officially became the Minister of Defense

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has appointed Denis Shmyhal as the new Minister of Defense. 267 people’s deputies voted for this decision.

This was reported by the People’s Deputy of Ukraine Oleksiy Goncharenko.

Before the vote, Shmyhal noted three priorities: people, weapons and systems. He will try to fulfill the president’s task and increase the share of Ukrainian weapons at the front to 50%.

His candidacy for this post was proposed by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Let us recall that on July 17 , the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the appointment of Yulia Svyrydenko as Prime Minister of Ukraine .

After this, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported the appointment of a new Cabinet of Ministers. The full composition can be seen at the link .

Later, Petro Poroshenko, during the discussion of the Prime Minister’s candidacy in the Verkhovna Rada, stated that the actual absence of the “Servant of the People” coalition makes this vote unconstitutional .

Let us note that on July 15, Denis Shmyhal wrote a statement about his dismissal from the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine .

Subsequently, the Committee on the Organization of State Authority, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning at its meeting considered and approved the resignation of Denys Shmyhal from the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine .

By the way, President Volodymyr Zelensky officially confirmed that he offered the current Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal the position of Minister of Defense of Ukraine.

The day before, President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko head the Cabinet of Ministers.

Subsequently, People’s Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported that an official change of government is expected on July 16, within the framework of which Yulia Svyrydenko will be nominated for the post of Prime Minister instead of Denys Shmygal . The changes will affect a number of ministries, including the defense, economic and social blocs.

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