Serhiy Fedorovych Koretskyi — Prime Minister of Ukraine, Ukrainian manager and entrepreneur in the energy sector.
On July 16, 2026, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Koretsky as Prime Minister of Ukraine. The resolution was passed by a vote of 289 members of parliament.
Prior to his appointment as head of government, from May 2025 to July 2026, he served as chairman of the board of NAK “Naftogaz of Ukraine.”
He was born on March 14, 1978, in Lutsk.
His father worked as an engineer at a local factory, and his mother worked in retail.
In 2001, he graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Lutsk State Technical University, and in 2005, from the Faculty of Business at the same university.
From 1997 to 2018, he worked at the fuel holding company “Kontinium” (Lutsk), where he rose from an employee in the analytics department to CEO.
In 2002, he became head of the joint venture “Western Oil Group,” and from 2007 onward, he served as CEO of the management company for the “Kontinium” group.
In 2013, Koretsky became CEO of WOG and held that position until 2018.
In 2018, he focused on developing his own business, notably founding Idealist Coffee Co., which also includes the Idealist coffee shop chain.
From 2019 to 2022, he was a co-founder and chairman of the board of the energy trading company Centurion Group SA in Switzerland.
In November 2022, Koretskyi took the helm of Ukraine’s largest oil producer, Ukrnafta, as well as UkrTatNafta (the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery).
In 2024, he received 26.659 million hryvnias in salary (approximately 2.22 million hryvnias per month).
In April 2025, the supervisory board of NAK “Naftogaz of Ukraine” elected Koretskyi as chairman of the board.
On July 15, 2026, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted a proposal to the Verkhovna Rada to appoint Koretskyi as Prime Minister of Ukraine.
The following day, parliament approved his nomination. During his address to the Verkhovna Rada, Koretskyi identified the new government’s priorities as supporting the Armed Forces, expanding the military-industrial complex, providing social protection for the population, supporting frontline communities and businesses, preparing for the heating season, and Ukraine’s European integration.
He is married; part of the family business is registered in the names of his wife, Iryna, and his daughter, Ulyana.
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