Revolutionary change in the government of Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky has decided

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– In the coming week, Parliament will be asked to take a personal decision. I would now like to introduce her. I have decided to change the Minister of Defense of Ukraine. Oleksiy Reznikov served more than 550 days in full-scale combat. I believe the ministry needs a new approach and a different kind of interaction with both the military and society as a whole. Rustem Umerov should now head the ministry. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine knows this man well, and Rustem Umero needs no further introductions. I expect the parliament to support this candidate, announced President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Oleksii Reznikov – who is he?

Oleksiy Reznikov became the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in early November 2021. He promised that one of his priorities in this position would be to increase the financial security of the players.

Previously, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Reunification of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine. Interestingly, it was President Volodymyr Zelensky himself who proposed his candidacy for the post of the head of the Ministry of Defense. Two years ago (in 2019), Minsk appointed him as Ukraine’s representative in the Trilateral Contact Group to resolve the crisis in Donbass.

Oleksii Reznikov was born … Lviv55 years old and a lawyer by profession — He graduated from Lviv National University. Ivan Franco. He completed his military service in the 1980s. He rose to fame in 2004 when he was a lawyer Victor Yushchenko He applied to the Supreme Court to annul the second round of the presidential election in Ukraine and call for a third round. His main argument was the numerous vote frauds committed by the team Viktor Yanukovych.

Oleksiy Reznikov was a member of the supervisory board of Oshchadbank — One of the largest banks in Ukraine, 100 percent of the shares are owned by the state. In the years 2008-2018, he worked in the Kyiv authorities: a councilor, then deputy mayor of the city Vitaly Klitschko and secretary of the city council. However, in 2018, he returned to practicing law. He was also a member of the Supreme Court for two years.