Denys Shmyhal – Wikipedia
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Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1975)
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Denys Anatoliyovych Shmyhal (Ukrainian: Денис Анатолійович Шмигаль; born 15 October 1975)[4] is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur who is the current Prime Minister of Ukraine since 2020.[5] Prior to his appointment as prime minister, Shmyhal was the governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and an acting vice prime minister in the Honcharuk Government.[6][7]
As a Prime Minister, Shmyhal has been in charge of handling the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.[8]
Biography[edit]
Shmyhal’s parents are Anatoly Ivanovich and Irina Feliksovna.[9]
In 1997, Shmyhal graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic. He holds the title of Candidate of Economic Sciences (2003).[10] From his graduation in 1997 until September 2005, Shmyhal worked as an accountant in various companies.[11] From September 2005 to June 2006, Shmyhal was Deputy General Director of a company called “LA DIS”.[11] From June 2006 to August 2008, he was Director for the investment company “Comfort-Invest”.[11] From September 2008 to September 2009, Shmyhal was General Director of a company called “ROSANINVEST LLC”.[11]
Shmyhal worked in multiple leading political roles in Ukraine’s Lviv Oblast from 2009 until December 2013.[11] Firstly, as the Head of the Department of Economics at the Lviv Oblast Administration between 2009 and 2011.[4][11] It is there were he met and worked with Oleh Nemchinov who would, in 2020, become Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Shmyhal Government.[12] Shmyhal then became the Head of the Department of Economics and Industrial Policy for the whole of 2012.[11] In 2013, he was Head of the Department of Economic Development, Investment, Trade and Industry.[11]
For the first four months of 2014, Shmyhal was a consultant to a People’s Deputy of Ukraine.[11]
From May 2014 to December 2014, Shmyhal worked as Deputy Head of the Lviv Oblast regional office of the Ministry of Revenues and Duties.[11][5]
He served as Vice President of Lviv-based frozen goods distributor TVK Lvivkholod from 2015 to 2017.[5]
From 2018 to 2019, Shmyhal served as Director of the Burshtyn TES which is the largest electricity producer in Ivano-Frankivsk, and is part of Rinat Akhmetov’s holdings.[13][14][15]
From 1 August 2019 until his ministerial appointment, Shmyhal was the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.[7]
On 4 February 2020, he was appointed Minister of Regional Development.[16]
Shmyhal replaced Oleksiy Honcharuk as the prime minister of Ukraine in March 2020.[17]
In 2021, 46-year-old Denys Shmyhal entered the TOP-100 most influential Ukrainians according to the weekly magazine Focus. The Prime Minister was given the 7th place in the rating.
Personal life[edit]
Shmyhal is married to Kateryna Shmyhal. They have two daughters.[11] Kateryna is a former co-owner of the Lviv “Kamyanetsky Bakery” and a local NextBike bike rental. She sold her shares in these companies in 2019.[11]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “Новий Кабмін Шмигаля – став відомим склад уряду – Кабінет Міністрів України – Верховна Рада | РБК-Україна”. Rbc.ua. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ^ “Decree of the President of Ukraine № 38/2020”. Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved February 5, 2020.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Zelensky has appointed a new head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration, Ukrayinska Pravda (10 February 2020)
- ^ a b “Голова обласної державної адміністрації”. www.if.gov.ua (30 October 2019 archived page via Wayback Machine) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ a b c “Шмигаль Денис Анатолійович”. dovidka.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ “Денис Шмигаль – новий прем’єр України”. Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ a b “Decree of the President of Ukraine № 574/2019”. Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ “Denys Schmygal zum neuen Premierminister ernannt”. www.ukrinform.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ “Denys Shmyhal”. pg. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ “Шмигаль Денис Анатолійович”. slovoidilo.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Small biography of Denys Shmyhal, LIGA
- ^ “Shmyhal and “his” team. How Zelensky’s second government works”. Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- ^ Хто такий Денис Шмигаль, який може замінити Гончарука [Who is Denis Shmigal who can replace Goncharuk]. BBC. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ “Zelensky decided on the heads of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration”. opinionua.com. July 6, 2019. Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ Боднар, Наталя (Bodnar, Natalia) (5 March 2020). Денис Шмигаль очолив Кабінет міністрів: що про нього відомо [Denis Schmigal heads the Cabinet: what is known about him]. 24 Kanal (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ Ukraine’s parliament appoints Shmyhal as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Community Development, UNIAN (4 February 2020)
- ^ “Zelensky shakes up Ukraine government and proposes new prime minister”. Financial Times. Retrieved 2020-03-04.(Subscription required.)
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