Andrii Zahorodniuk | |
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Андрій Загороднюк | |
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| 15th Minister of Defence of Ukraine | |
| In office 29 August 2019 – 4 March 2020 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelensky |
| Prime Minister | Oleksiy Honcharuk |
| Preceded by | Stepan Poltorak |
| Succeeded by | Andriy Taran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 December 1976 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Education | •Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv •University of Warwick •Saïd Business School • University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Politician |
Andrii Pavlovych Zahorodniuk (Ukrainian: Андрій Павлович Загороднюк; born 5 December 1976[1]) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician.[2] From 2015 to 2017, Zahorodniuk headed the Reform Project Office at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. He was the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 29 August 2019 to 4 March 2020.[3][4]
Zahorodniuk studied law at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He also graduated from Warwick University and Oxford University.[5]
From 2005 to 2015 Zahorodniuk was the CEO of “Discovery Drilling Equipment Company”.[6]
From 2015 to 2017, Zahorodniuk headed the Reform Project Office at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.[5] In 2018 he was a member of the Reform Project Office under the Ministry of Defense.[7]
Zahorodniuk became an advisor to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky after Zelensky was elected president in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election.[8]
On 9 July 2019, President Zelensky appointed Zahorodniuk to serve as a Member of the supervisory board at Ukroboronprom.[6]
On 29 August 2019 Zahorodniuk was appointed Minister of Defence in the Honcharuk Government.[4] On 4 March 2020 he was succeeded (in this post) by Andrii Taran.[4]
After his resignation as Defence Minister, Zahorodniuk became the Chairman of the “Centre for Defense Strategies”.[9]The CDS is a Ukrainian security think tank that is involved in security studies, defence policy research and advocacy.
In July 2020 the Central Election Commission of Ukraine recognised Zahorodniuk's wife Alina Sviderska as a new People's Deputy of Ukraine for Voice, after Svyatoslav Vakarchuk's mandate was prematurely terminated, but she refused to take this position so Vakarchuk in Parliament was replaced by Andriy Sharaskin.[10]
