Denys Shmyhal
Denys Anatoliiovych Shmyhal (Ukrainian: Дени́с Анато́лійович Шмига́ль, IPA: [deˈnɪs ɐ.nɐˈtɔ.lʲi.jɔʋɪt͡ʃ ʃmeˈɦalʲ]; born 15 October 1975) is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur who is the current Prime Minister of Ukraine since 2020. Before his appointment as prime minister, Shmyhal was the governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and an acting vice prime minister in the Honcharuk Government.
Denys Shmyhal | |
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Денис Шмигаль | |
Shmyhal in 2023 | |
| 18th Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office 4 March 2020 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Deputy | Oleksiy Lyubchenko Yulia Svyrydenko |
| Preceded by | Oleksiy Honcharuk |
| Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing | |
| In office 4 February 2020 – 4 March 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Oleksiy Honcharuk |
| Preceded by | Aliona Babak |
| Succeeded by | Oleksiy Chernyshov |
| Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | |
| In office 1 August 2019 – 5 February 2020 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Prime Minister | Volodymyr Groysman Oleksiy Honcharuk |
| Preceded by | Oleh Honcharuk |
| Succeeded by | Vitaliy Fedoriv (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1975 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Lviv, Ukraine) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | People's Movement "People's Control" (2015) |
| Spouse | Kateryna Shmyhal |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Lviv Polytechnic |
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As Prime Minister, Shmyhal has been in charge of handling the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine and conducting the defense of Ukraine during the 2022 invasion. Denys Shmyhal is the longest serving Prime Minister in Ukrainian history.
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