Ukraine reshuffles government. Full list of new Cabinet of Ministers
Photo: Serhii Koretskyi (Koretskyi's social media)
The following officials will serve in Serhii Koretskyi's Cabinet:
- First Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister – Denys Shmyhal
- Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration – Vsevolod Chentsov
- Deputy Prime Minister and Culture Minister – Tetiana Berezhna
- Interior Minister – Ivan Vyhivskyi
- Finance Minister – Serhii Marchenko
- Health Minister – Viktor Liashko
- Sports Minister – Matvii Bidnyi
- Social Policy Minister – Denys Ulyutin
- Veterans Affairs Minister – Vitalii Kim
- Education Minister – Andrii Butenko
- Minister of Economy and Environment – Oleksandr Kravchenko
- Agrarian Policy Minister – Taras Vysotskyi
- Regional Development Minister – Vitalii Bezgin
- Infrastructure Minister – Mykola Kalashnyk, currently head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration
- Justice Minister – Denys Maslov
- Digital Transformation Minister – Oksana Ferchuk
The posts of defense minister and foreign minister remain vacant for now. Under Ukrainian law, these positions are voted on separately, with candidates nominated by the president.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha is expected to remain in office, while the Defense Ministry is set to get a new chief. Ihor Klymenko, who served as interior minister in Yulia Svyrydenko's Cabinet, is expected to be appointed defense minister.
Cabinet reshuffle and Fedorov's departure
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy launched the Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, when he announced that Yulia Svyrydenko would be nominated for a new position. On Tuesday, parliament voted to dismiss Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, triggering the resignation of her entire government.
It became clear almost immediately that Serhii Koretskyi would be the next prime minister. RBC-Ukraine first reported the development, citing sources, and Zelenskyy officially confirmed the nomination yesterday.
Until last night, the main question surrounding the reshuffle was whether Mykhailo Fedorov would remain defense minister. It was ultimately confirmed that he would not. During a meeting with lawmakers from the ruling Servant of the People party, Zelenskyy said he would not nominate Fedorov for the post. According to RBC-Ukraine sources, one of the reasons was Fedorov's conflict with Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.
Meanwhile, a protest began this morning outside Kyiv's Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater over Fedorov's dismissal. Demonstrators are calling on Zelenskyy to keep Fedorov as defense minister.
