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Denys Shmyhal | |
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Денис Шмигаль | |
_(cropped).jpg) Shmyhal in 2022 | |
| 18th Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office 4 March 2020 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Deputy | Oleksiy Liubchenko Yulia Svyrydenko |
| Preceded by | Oleksiy Honcharuk |
| Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing | |
| 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 Zelenskyy |
| Prime Minister | Volodymyr Groysman Oleksiy Honcharuk |
| Preceded by | Oleh Honcharuk |
| Succeeded by | Vitaliy Fedoriv (Acting)[3] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1975 Lviv, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | People's Movement "People's Control" (2015) |
| Spouse | Kateryna Shmyhal |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Lviv Polytechnic |
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Denys Anatoliiovych Shmyhal (Ukrainian: Денис Анатолійович Шмигаль, IPA: [deˈnɪs ɐ.nɐˈtɔ.lʲi.jɔʋɪt͡ʃ ʃmeˈɦalʲ]; born 15 October 1975)[4] is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur who has served as the 18th and current prime minister of Ukraine since 2020.[5] Before his appointment as prime minister, Shmyhal was the governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and an acting vice prime minister in the Honcharuk Government.[6][7]
As Prime Minister, Shmyhal has been in charge of handling the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine and conducting the defense of Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion.[8] As of 2024, he is the longest serving prime minister in Ukrainian history.[9]
- ^ "Новий Кабмін Шмигаля – став відомим склад уряду - Кабінет Міністрів України - Верховна Рада | РБК-Україна". Rbc.ua. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ^ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 38/2020". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved February 5, 2020.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Zelensky has appointed a new head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration, Ukrayinska Pravda (10 February 2020)
- ^ "Голова обласної державної адміністрації". www.if.gov.ua (30 October 2019 archived page via Wayback Machine) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ "Шмигаль Денис Анатолійович". dovidka.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ "Денис Шмигаль – новий прем'єр України". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Denys Schmygal zum neuen Premierminister ernannt". www.ukrinform.de (in German). 4 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "Yulia-prime minister or Shmyhal's holding. Will replace Zelenskyy's longest government in history". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 10 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.