On the occasion of the appointment of Denys Shmygal to the post of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine, Congress President Anders Knape addressed a letter to the new minister on Feb. 6, reaffirming the Congress’ support for the ongoing territorial and decentralization reforms in Ukraine.
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Oksana Dyadyunova is a member of the city council in Reshetyliv, a city of 11,000 people in Poltava Oblast. She is part of a wave of women across Ukraine empowered by the government's decentralization drive.