Parliament on Nov. 4 appointed four new ministers to replace those that resigned this week.
All four were put forth by President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Servant of the People Party.
Oleksii Reznikov has been appointed as the new Defense Minister of Ukraine, replacing Andrii Taran. Reznikov previously served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories, a position he held since March 2020.
The new minister told the Verkhovna Rada that he’s mainly concerned with improving management quality and cooperation between the Defense Ministry, parliament and the General Staff of the armed forces. He said he will do an internal audit to prevent misappropriation and increase efficiency.
Reznikov is a lawyer and has been involved in politics since the late 2000s, having served as a member of the Kyiv City Council and the Kyiv City State Administration, becoming deputy head of the latter in April 2016.
Iryna Vereshchuk will take over as the Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories. Vereshchuk was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019 as a member of the Servant of the People party.
Pavel Ryabikin now heads the Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, replacing Oleh Uruskiy. Before his new appointment, Ryiabikinhe led the State Customs Service of Ukraine. In addition, Ryabikin served as a member of parliament and as an ambassador to Denmark.
The position of First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy was assigned to Yulia Sviridenko. She held the position of Deputy Head of the Presidential Office before assuming the new role. Previously, she was the First Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Trade, and Agriculture of Ukraine. The previous Economy Minister was Oleksiy Lyubchenko, who was among the five ministers that submitted their resignation this week.
