Riabykin To Be Appointed Ambassador To China, And Kamyshyn To Head Strategic Industries Ministry - Zhelezniak

Member of the Verkhovna Rada from the Holos faction Yaroslav Zhelezniak says that Pavlo Riabykin will leave the post of Minister for Strategic Industries, he will be appointed ambassador to China, and the Ministry for Strategic Industries will be headed by the former chairman of the board of the Ukrzaliznytsia joint-stock company Oleksandr Kamyshyn.

Zhelezniak wrote about this on his Telegram channel, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

"Pavlo Riabykin also leaves the post of Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine. He will go as ambassador to China... Oleksandr Kamyshyn will be the new Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine," he wrote.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, Zhelezniak also states that instead of Serhii Shkarlet, the Ministry of Education and Science will be headed by Director of the Small Academy of Sciences Oksen Lisovyi.

The Verkhovna Rada in November 2021 appointed the head of the State Customs Service Pavlo Riabykin as Minister for Strategic Industries.

On February 27, Chairman of the Board of Ukrzaliznytsia Kamyshyn resigned and announced that he would head the European integration office of Ukrzaliznytsia in Europe.

On March 3, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed him as his non-staff adviser.