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Ukraine president proposes Honcharuk as new PM, Prystaiko as foreign minister | Ukraine president proposes Honcharuk as new PM, Prystaiko as foreign minister |
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed Oleksiy Honcharuk, a 35-year-old lawyer with little political experience, as the new prime minister, a parliamentary resolution showed on Thursday. | |
Honcharuk became a deputy head of Zelensky’s office in May, having previously led a non-governmental organization focused on economic reform. He has also worked as an advisor to the Ecology Ministry. He ran for parliament in 2014 but did not get elected. | |
Zelensky, a comedian-turned-politician who became president in April, also nominated former Ukrainian ambassador to NATO Vadym Prystaiko as foreign minister, and lawyer and activist Andriy Zahorodnyuk as defense minister. | Zelensky, a comedian-turned-politician who became president in April, also nominated former Ukrainian ambassador to NATO Vadym Prystaiko as foreign minister, and lawyer and activist Andriy Zahorodnyuk as defense minister. |
Zelensky’s party, Servant of the People, won 254 of 450 seats in parliamentary elections in July. This is the first time a ruling president’s party has won an absolute majority in the legislature and the right to independently form a government. | Zelensky’s party, Servant of the People, won 254 of 450 seats in parliamentary elections in July. This is the first time a ruling president’s party has won an absolute majority in the legislature and the right to independently form a government. |
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