In Ukraine, which has been attacked by Russia, President Zelensky is reorganizing his leadership team. The chief diplomat has to go, and further resignations are expected.
In a major government reshuffle in Ukraine after two and a half years of war, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also has to go. The 43-year-old career diplomat took over the Foreign Ministry in 2020, before the Russian war of aggression.
Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk published a photo of Kuleba’s handwritten request to be dismissed from the government on his Facebook page. The request for resignation will be discussed in one of the next parliamentary sessions, the parliamentary speaker announced via the platform.
Kuleba’s request is one of numerous resignations since Tuesday, which were also published on Stefanchuk’s Facebook page. Oleksander Kamyshin, who is responsible for the defense industry, Denys Malyuska (justice) and Ruslan Strilez (environment) announced their departure from the government. Vitaly Koval, the head of the State Property Fund, who is responsible for privatizations, also wants to leave office.
Further requests for resignation came from deputy prime ministers Olha Stefanishyna and Iryna Vereshchuk. Vereshchuk is responsible for refugee issues, while Stefanishyna is responsible for Ukraine’s European integration. However, she is reportedly to be given another position in the government.
Selenskyj has announced restructuring
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a government restructuring in July. The aim, he says, is to make government work more effective under the burden of the war. Five ministries are already headed by caretaker ministers. The leader of the Servant of the People party, David Arachamija, announced further changes in the cabinet. According to him, there will be new appointments to more than half of all ministries. The final list will be announced today, Wednesday, at a faction meeting.
The current Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has been in office since March 2020.
Source: Stern
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