Yuriy Yaroslavovych Stets ( uk, Юрій Ярославович Стець; born 29 December 1975) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

journalist and politician. He was appointed to the post of Minister of Information Policy at the formation of the

Second Yatsenyuk Government The second Yatsenyuk government was created in Ukraine after the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. On 2 December 2014, 288 People's Deputy of Ukraine, members (of the 423 He resigned one year later because he felt he had "met all the targets".Ukraine's minister of information policy resigns

Interfax Ukraine The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company publishes in ...

(8 December 2015) He withdrew his letter of resignation on 4 February 2016, and continued in the post.Agriculture, health, information ministers change their mind about resigning

UNIAN The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a ...

(4 February 2016) On 31 May 2017 Stets wrote a letter of resignation for health reasons and went on sick leave the same day. Eventually Stets stayed on as Minister until on 29 August 2019 the

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 ...

was installed.New Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ)

Ukrayinska Pravda ''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...

(29 August 2019) This government abolished the whole Ministry of Information Policy altogether. Stets is a member of

Petro Poroshenko Bloc European Solidarity ( uk, Європейська солідарність, Yevropeis'ka solidarnist', YeS) is a political party in Ukraine. It has its roots in a parliamentary group called Solidarity dating from 2000 and has existed since in vario ...

Life

Yuriy Stets was born on 29 December 1975 at

Chortkiv Chortkiv ( uk, Чортків; pl, Czortków; yi, ''Chortkov'') is a city in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chortkiv Raion (district), housing the district's local adminis ...

, in

Ternopil Oblast Ternopil Oblast ( uk, Тернопі́льська о́бласть, translit=Ternopilska oblast; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna, uk, Терно́пільщина, label=none, or Ternopillia, uk, Тернопілля, label=none) is an obl ...

. He attended the Sydir Vorobkevych

Chernivtsi Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the upp ...

School of Music from 1992 to 1996. In 2000, he earned a degree in

information management Information management (IM) concerns a cycle of organizational activity: the acquisition of information from one or more sources, the custodianship and the distribution of that information to those who need it, and its ultimate disposal throug ...

from

Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute The National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (NTU "KhPI") ( uk, Національний технічний університет "Харківський політехнічний інститут"), in the city of Kha ...

. Stets started his career in journalism in 1990 as a reporter for the

Regional State Television and Radio Company. He them worked for various television channels, including ICTV, a local Chernivtsi-based channel called TBA. He also work for public relations firms. Starting in 2002, Stets served as the chief producer for the Channel 5 television network, which is owned by Ukrainian president

Petro Poroshenko Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko ( uk, Петро́ Олексі́йович Пороше́нко, ; born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Poroshenko ser ...

.Poroshenko became president of Ukraine in June 2014, following an election in May of that year. He was elected to the

Ukrainian parliament The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

on 23 November 2007, and was a member of Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defence Bloc. He was elected again on 12 December 2012, this time as a member of

Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan ();Fatherland party. During the tenure of former Ukrainian president

Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of Di ...

, Stets was a member of the united opposition's political council. On 17 June 2013, Stets became head of Poroshenko's Solidarity party, which had not participated in elections since 2002.For more information on the status of "Solidarity", see

.United Twice
''

The Ukrainian Week ''The Ukrainian Week'' ( uk, Український Тиждень, translit=Ukrainskyi Tyzhden) is an illustrated weekly magazine covering politics, economics and the arts and aimed at the socially engaged Ukrainian-language reader. It provides ...

'' (2 July 2013) After the February

2014 Ukrainian revolution The Revolution of Dignity ( uk, Революція гідності, translit=Revoliutsiia hidnosti) also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution,

, he served as the Director of Information Security for

National Guard of Ukraine The National Guard of Ukraine (NGU; uk, Націона́льна гва́рдія Украї́ни, Natsionalna hvardiia Ukrainy, , ) is the Ukrainian national gendarmerie and Internal Troops, internal military force. It is part of the Minist ...

. During a 27 August 2014 party congress, Solidarity changed its name to "

", and elected former Internal Affairs Minister

Interfax-Ukraine The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukraine, Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company pub ...

(27 August 2014)
Solidarity Party to be renamed Bloc of Petro Poroshenko – congress

(27 August 2014) In the October 2014 parliamentary election, Stets was re-elected to parliament as a member of

. He was appointed Minister of Information Policy on 2 December 2014, vacating his seat in parliament to fill that post. At the time he vowed to resign one year later if he would successfully implement his policy. He at the time was considered a "close ally" of President Poroshenko. Stets resigned from the post of Minister of Information Policy on 8 December 2015. He said that he did so because he felt he had "met all the targets". He withdrew this resignation on 4 February 2016, and continued in the post. On 31 May 2017 Stets wrote a letter of resignation citing health reasons and went on sick leave the same day. Emine Dzhaparova, the first deputy minister, became acting minister. Eventually Stets stayed on as Minister until on 29 August 2019 the

was installed. This government abolished the whole Ministry of Information Policy altogether.

Family

Yuriy Stets is married to Yana Konotop, a journalist and political commentator for Channel 5. They have two sons, Vladislav and Serhiy, and a daughter, Eva. An April 2013 article in the Ukrainian newspaper ''

'' showed the families of Petro Poroshenko and

Yuriy Lutsenko Yuriy Vitaliyovych Lutsenko ( uk, Юрій Віталійович Луценко; born 14 December 1964) is a Ukrainian politician whose most recent post was Prosecutor General of Ukraine from 12 May 2016 Maryna Poroshenko Maryna Anatoliivna Poroshenko ( uk, Мари́на Анато́ліївна Пороше́нко, née Perevedentseva; born 1 February 1962) is a Ukrainian cardiologist who was the First Lady of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. She is married to former ...

became her godmother.Poroshenko, Lutsenko, and Stets established family relations
(photo, video).

. 10 April 2014

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stets, Yuriy 1975 births Living people People from Chortkiv Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute alumni 5 Kanal people ICTV (Ukraine) people Independent politicians in Ukraine Petro Poroshenko Bloc politicians Information ministers of Ukraine Solidarity Party (Ukraine) politicians Members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian politicians Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine