Denys Shmyhal

Denys Anatoliyovych Shmyhal (Ukrainian: Денис Анатолійович Шмигаль; born 15 October 1975[4]) is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur who has been serving as the prime minister of Ukraine since 2020.[5] Prior to his appointment as prime minister, Shmyhal was the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.[6]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Anatoliyovych and the family name is Shmyhal.
Denys Shmyhal
Денис Шмигаль
Shmyhal in 2020
18th Prime Minister of Ukraine
Assumed office
4 March 2020
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
DeputyOleksiy Lyubchenko
Yulia Svyrydenko
Preceded byOleksiy Honcharuk
Minister for Communities and Territories Development
In office
4 February 2020 – 4 March 2020[1]
Prime MinisterOleksiy Honcharuk
Preceded byAliona Babak
Succeeded byOleksiy Chernyshov
Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
In office
1 August 2019 – 5 February 2020[2]
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
Prime MinisterVolodymyr Groysman
Oleksiy Honcharuk
Preceded byOleh Honcharuk
Succeeded byVitaliy Fedoriv (Acting)[3]
Personal details
Born
Denys Anatoliyovych Shmyhal

(1975-10-15) 15 October 1975
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)
Political partyIndependent
Spouse(s)Kateryna Shmyhal
Children2
EducationLviv Polytechnic
Occupation

As prime minister, Shmyhal has been in charge of handling the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.[7]

Biography

In 1997, he graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic. He holds the title of Candidate of Economic Sciences (2003).[8] From his graduation in 1997 until September 2005, Shmyhal worked as an accountant in various companies.[9] From September 2005 to June 2006, Shmyhal was Deputy General Director of a company called "LA DIS".[9] From June 2006 to August 2008, he was Director for the investment company "Comfort-Invest".[9] From September 2008 to September 2009, Shmyhal was General Director of a company called "ROSANINVEST LLC".[9]

Shmyhal worked in multiple leading political roles in Ukraine's Lviv Oblast from 2009 until December 2013.[9] Firstly, as the Head of the Department of Economics at the Lviv Oblast Administration between 2009 and 2011.[4][9] 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.[10] Shmyhal then became the Head of the Department of Economics and Industrial Policy for the whole of 2012.[9] In 2013, he was Head of the Department of Economic Development, Investment, Trade and Industry.[9]

For the first four months of 2014, Shmyhal was a consultant to a People's Deputy of Ukraine.[9]

Shmyhal meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in Washington D.C., on April 22, 2022.

From May 2014 to December 2014, Shmyhal worked as Deputy Head of the Lviv Oblast regional office of the Ministry of Revenues and Duties.[9][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.[11][12][13]

From 1 August 2019 until his ministerial appointment, Shmyhal was the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.[6]

On 4 February 2020, he was appointed Minister of Regional Development.[14]

Shmyhal replaced Oleksiy Honcharuk as the prime minister of Ukraine in March 2020.[15]

Personal life

Shmyhal is married to Kateryna Shmyhal. They have two daughters.[9] 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.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Новий Кабмін Шмигаля – став відомим склад уряду - Кабінет Міністрів України - Верховна Рада | РБК-Україна". Rbc.ua. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  2. "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 38/2020". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  3. (in Ukrainian) Zelensky has appointed a new head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration, Ukrayinska Pravda (10 February 2020)
  4. "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.
  5. "Шмигаль Денис Анатолійович". dovidka.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  6. "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 574/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  7. "Denys Schmygal zum neuen Premierminister ernannt". www.ukrinform.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  8. "Шмигаль Денис Анатолійович". slovoidilo.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  9. (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Small biography of Denys Shmyhal, LIGA
  10. "Shmyhal and "his" team. How Zelensky's second government works". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  11. Хто такий Денис Шмигаль, який може замінити Гончарука [Who is Denis Shmigal who can replace Goncharuk]. BBC. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  12. "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.
  13. 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.
  14. Ukraine's parliament appoints Shmyhal as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Community Development, UNIAN (4 February 2020)
  15. "Zelensky shakes up Ukraine government and proposes new prime minister". Financial Times. Retrieved 2020-03-04.(Subscription required.)
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