Rada appoints Stefanishyna Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration - Minister of Justice

The Verkhovna Rada has appointed Olha Stefanishyna as the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration - Minister of Justice.

253 parliamentarians voted for the corresponding decision, out of the minimum required 226.

Yaroslav Zhelezniak, Member of Parliament from the Holos faction, announced this on his Telegram channel.

Stefanishyna held the position of Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration from June 2020 until yesterday. Today, she was again appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and at the same time as the Minister of Justice.

From the end of 2019 until her appointment as Deputy Prime Minister, Stefanishyna worked as an adviser to a law firm on dispute resolution and international trade law.

In 2017-2019, she held the position of director of the government office for the coordination of European and Euro-Atlantic integration.

In 2016, Stefanishyna graduated from the Odesa National University of Economics, majoring in Finance and Credit. In 2008, she graduated from the Kyiv National University named after T. Shevchenko, having received the qualifications of an international lawyer, translator from the English language.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on September 4, the Rada dismissed Denys Maliuska from the post of Minister of Justice.