Ahead of the “Servant of the People” faction meeting: inside information on the distribution of ministries and candidates for ministerial posts
15 July 14:13
Large-scale structural and personnel changes within the Cabinet of Ministers have been the subject of discussion in the country for the third day in a row. And today, a meeting of the “Servants of the People” faction is also scheduled, where they are expected to decide, among other things, on candidates for various ministerial posts. Here’s what’s being reported on the subject behind the scenes in the Verkhovna Rada and by individual politicians, according to
Division of Ministries
According to People’s Deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko, the “Servant of the People” faction meeting will address the division of the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development (Ministry of Recovery) into two separate agencies— the Ministry of Regional Policy and the Ministry of Infrastructure.
In addition, there are discussions about splitting the current Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture into separate Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Commenting on these government plans, Goncharenko sharply criticized yet another reorganization of the government structure.
“In recent years, all the Zelenskyy administration has done is create ministries, then dismantle them, and then create them again and merge them into other agencies. It would be very funny if it weren’t so sad,” the lawmaker wrote.
According to him, each such reorganization entails a significant amount of bureaucratic work, the drafting of new government resolutions, changes to the regulatory framework, and administrative costs.
Who Might Head the New Ministries
According to the editorial staff
- Deputy Minister of Education Mykola Trofimenko
- People’s Deputy Yulia Grishina
- Andriy Butenko, head of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance
Oleksiy Goncharenko calls the latter the “leading contender.” In addition, according to sources close to the editorial staff, Butenko has been invitedto a meeting of the SN faction today.
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If a separate ministry is created, People’s Deputy Vitaliy Bezgin of the “Servant of the People” party may be nominated for the position of Minister of Regional Policy .
At the same time, according to Oleksiy Goncharenko, two candidates are being considered for the position of Minister of Infrastructure: Oleg Synehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, and Mykola Kalashnyk, head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration.
“If Kalashnik heads the Ministry of Infrastructure, Timur Tkachenko, the current head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, may be appointed to lead the Kyiv Regional Military Administration,” the politician added.
Separately, the lawmaker reported that Vitaliy Kim, head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, is being considered as a candidate for the position of Minister of Veterans Affairs.
What Else Is Known
Serhiy Koretskyi remains the leading contender for the position of Prime Minister.
People’s Deputy Denys Maslov is being considered for the post of Minister of Justice .
For the newly established Ministry of Agrarian Policy (should such a decision be made), the leading candidate is the current Deputy Minister of Economy, Taras Vysotsky.
In addition, political circles are naming ministers from the Svyrydenko government who will apparently not be able to retain their posts. These include Minister of Education Oksen Lisovyi, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Nataliia Kalmykova, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba, and Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Taras Kachka. The latter is expected to be appointed Ukraine’s ambassador to the EU.
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