President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposes to the Verkhovna Rada to appoint Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, who was dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada, as Minister of Defense. The corresponding draft resolution No. 13496 was registered in the Verkhovna Rada on July 17, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
49-year-old Shmyhal held the post of Prime Minister from March 4, 2020 to July 16, 2025.
Prior to this, in February 2020, he was Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Development of Communities and Territories.
In August 2019 - February 2020, he held the post of Head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Administration.
Previously, Shmyhal was the head of the Burshtyn Thermal Power Plant (Ivano-Frankivsk Region). He also worked as Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Revenues and Duties in the Lviv Region and Head of the Economy Department of the Lviv Regional Administration.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on July 16, the Verkhovna Rada accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. According to the Constitution, the resignation of the Prime Minister entails the resignation of the entire Cabinet of Ministers.
On July 15, Zelenskyy announced that he intends to propose to the Verkhovna Rada to appoint Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal as Minister of Defense instead of Rustem Umerov.
Umerov held the position of Minister of Defense from September 2023 to July 16, 2025.
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