Denys Anatoliyovych Shmyhal ( uk, Денис Анатолійович Шмигаль; born 15 October 1975)
is a
Ukrainian
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politician and
entrepreneur
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who is the current
Prime Minister of Ukraine
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since 2020.
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.
As a Prime Minister, Shmyhal has been in charge of handling the response to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
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.
Biography
Shmyhal’s parents are Anatoly Ivanovich and Irina Feliksovna.
In 1997, Shmyhal graduated from the
Lviv Polytechnic
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. He holds the title of
Candidate of Economic Sciences (2003). From his graduation in 1997 until September 2005, Shmyhal worked as an accountant in various companies.
[ From September 2005 to June 2006, Shmyhal was Deputy General Director of a company called "LA DIS".][ From June 2006 to August 2008, he was Director for the ]investment company
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"Comfort-Invest".[ From September 2008 to September 2009, Shmyhal was General Director of a company called "ROSANINVEST LLC".][
Shmyhal worked in multiple leading political roles in Ukraine's ]Lviv Oblast
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from 2009 until December 2013.[ Firstly, as the Head of the Department of Economics at the Lviv Oblast Administration between 2009 and 2011.][/(website has automatic ]Google Translate
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Small biography of Denys Shmyhal
LIGA It is there were he met and worked with Oleh Nemchinov
Oleh Mykolayovych Nemchinov ( uk, Олег Миколайович Немчінов; born 1 May 1977) is a Ukrainian civil servant and politician. On 4 March 2020, he was appointed as the Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers.
Biography
Nemchi ...
who would, in 2020, become Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Shmyhal Government
The Shmyhal government ( uk, Уряд Дениса Шмигаля) is the current government of Ukraine, formed on 4 March 2020 and led by Denys Shmyhal, who was previously acting vice prime minister, and earlier the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...
. Shmyhal then became the Head of the Department of Economics and Industrial Policy for the whole of 2012.[ In 2013, he was Head of the Department of Economic Development, Investment, Trade and Industry.][
For the first four months of 2014, Shmyhal was a consultant to a ]People's Deputy of Ukraine
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From May 2014 to December 2014, Shmyhal worked as Deputy Head of the Lviv Oblast regional office of the ]Ministry of Revenues and Duties
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.[
He served as Vice President of ]Lviv
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-based frozen goods distributor TVK Lvivkholod from 2015 to 2017.[
From 2018 to 2019, Shmyhal served as Director of the ]Burshtyn TES
Burshtyn TES is a coal-fired power plant of Zakhidenergo located in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion south-east from Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is part of Rinat Akhmetov's holdings. It was struck by four Russian missiles on 10th of Octob ...
which is the largest electricity producer in Ivano-Frankivsk
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, and is part of Rinat Akhmetov
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's holdings.
From 1 August 2019 until his ministerial appointment, Shmyhal was the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
On 4 February 2020, he was appointed Minister of Regional Development.
Shmyhal replaced Oleksiy Honcharuk
Oleksiy Valeriyovych Honcharuk ( uk, Олексі́й Вале́рійович Гончару́к, ; born 7 July 1984) is a Ukrainian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 29 August 2019 to 4 March 2020 following a landsl ...
as the prime minister of Ukraine in March 2020.
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. Shmyhal's success is explained by the support of Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...
and the initiatives of the presidential office.
Personal life
Shmyhal is married to Kateryna Shmyhal. They have two daughters.[ Kateryna is a former co-owner of the ]Lviv
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“Kamyanetsky Bakery” and a local NextBike
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bike rental. She sold her shares in these companies in 2019.[
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See also
* Honcharuk Government
The Honcharuk government was formed on 29 August 2019, and was led by Oleksiy Honcharuk. It was the fourth Ukrainian cabinet formed since the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, following the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
History Appointment of ...
* Shmyhal Government
The Shmyhal government ( uk, Уряд Дениса Шмигаля) is the current government of Ukraine, formed on 4 March 2020 and led by Denys Shmyhal, who was previously acting vice prime minister, and earlier the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...
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1975 births
Living people
21st-century Ukrainian businesspeople
21st-century Ukrainian politicians
Businesspeople from Lviv
Governors of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Independent politicians in Ukraine
Lviv Polytechnic alumni
National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
Politicians from Lviv
Prime Ministers of Ukraine
Regional development and construction ministers of Ukraine
Vice Prime Ministers of Ukraine