The Verkhovna Rada plans to make a number of personnel decisions on January 13-14. MP from the Holos faction Yaroslav Zhelezniak said this on his Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
In particular, he said that according to the preliminary schedule, the following are scheduled to be dismissed on Tuesday, January 13: Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal, First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, and Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Maliuk.
The appointments are scheduled for Wednesday, January 14: Shmyhal as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, and Fedorov as Minister of Defense.
In addition, the Rada plans to appoint the Minister of Justice (according to Zhelezniak, the head of the Rada's Legal Committee Denys Maslov (Servant of the People faction) and the deputy head of the President's Office Iryna Mudra are being considered for this position), and the head of the State Property Fund (SPFU) (according to the MP, the head of the parliamentary committee on economic development Dmytro Natalukha (Servant of the People faction) may get this position).
Zhelezniak notes that the Rada currently has no plans to appoint a new head of the SSU.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, in early January, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed that First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov become the new head of the Ministry of Defense.
At the same time, Zelenskyy offered Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal the post of First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Energy.
On January 5, Vasyl Maliuk announced the completion of his work as the head of the Security Service of Ukraine. Zelenskyy instructed the head of the Special Operations Center "A" of the Security Service of Ukraine Yevhen Khmara to temporarily act as the head of the SSU.
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