Andrii Zahorodniuk

Andrii Pavlovych Zahorodniuk (Ukrainian: Андрій Павлович Загороднюк; born 5 December 1976[1]) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician.[2] From 2015 to 2017, Zahorodniuk headed the Reform Project Office at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. He was the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 29 August 2019 to 4 March 2020.[3][4]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Pavlovych and the family name is Zahorodniuk.

Andrii Zahorodniuk
Андрій Загороднюк
15th Minister of Defence of Ukraine
In office
29 August 2019 – 4 March 2020
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
Prime MinisterOleksiy Honcharuk
Preceded byStepan Poltorak
Succeeded byAndriy Taran
Personal details
Born (1976-12-05) 5 December 1976
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Education•Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
•University of Warwick
•Saïd Business School
• University of Oxford
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Zahorodniuk studied law at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He also graduated from Warwick University and Oxford University.[5]

Zahorodniuk is the CEO of Discovery Drilling Equipment.[6]

From 2015 to 2017, Zahorodniuk headed the Reform Project Office at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.[5] In 2018 he was a member of the Reform Project Office under the Ministry of Defense.[7]

Zahorodniuk became an advisor to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky after Zelensky was elected president in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election.[8]

On 9 July 2019, President Zelensky appointed Zahorodniuk to serve as a Member of the supervisory board at Ukroboronprom.[6]

On 29 August 2019 Zahorodniuk was appointed Minister of Defence in the Honcharuk Government.[4] On 4 March 2020 he was succeeded (in this post) by Andrii Taran.[4]

Since his resignation as Defence Minister, Zahorodniuk serves as the Chairman of the “Centre for Defense Strategies”.[9]

Family

In July 2020 the Central Election Commission of Ukraine recognised Zahorodniuk's wife Alina Sviderska as a new People's Deputy of Ukraine for Voice, after Svyatoslav Vakarchuk's mandate was prematurely terminated, but she refused to take this position so Vakarchuk in Parliament was replaced by Andriy Sharaskin.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Загороднюк Андрій Павлович". Government of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. "Zelensky introduces new Defense Minister Zahorodniuk". UNIAN. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. Lebed, Natalia (30 August 2019). "New faces of Ukrainian Cabinet: Who is who in government under PM Honcharuk?". 112.International. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  4. Ukrainian Lawmakers Approve Political Novice Honcharuk As Prime Minister, Radio Free Europe (29 August 2019)
    Ukrainian lawmakers appoint Andriy Taran as new defense minister, UNIAN (4 March 2020)
  5. Ponomarenko, Illia (29 August 2019). "Meet Ukraine's new defense minister". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  6. "Andrii Zahorodniuk of Discovery DE has appointed Minister of Defense". ExPro Consulting. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  7. "Meet the Ministers: What We Know About Ukraine's New Cabinet". Hromadske International. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  8. "Candidacy of Andriy Zahorodniuk proposed to post of defense minister of Ukraine – MP from Servant of the People Yaremenko". Interfax-Ukraine. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  9. "Our approach". Centre for Defence Strategies. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  10. (in Ukrainian) "Cyborg" Sharaskin will join the Voice Council, Sviderska changed her mind, Ukrayinska Pravda (8 October 2020)
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