The Rada received a motion to dismiss Minister of Education Oksen Lisovyi: what is known
9 December 20:29
The Verkhovna Rada has registered a resolution to dismiss Minister of Education and Science Oksen Lisovyi, another senior government official who is being called out by MPs amid wider political and personnel changes in Kyiv, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
The text of the document has not yet been made public, and the minister himself has refrained from commenting.
What happened
on December 9, a draft resolution appeared in parliament proposing to dismiss Lesnoy from the post of Minister of Education. It was initiated by three MPs:
- Larysa Bilozir (Dovira group)
- dmytro Mykysha and Anton Yatsenko, who are not affiliated with any faction.
The reasons for the submission are not specified, and none of the authors has yet publicly explained their motives.
The resignation resolution may be put to a vote in the near future, depending on the position of the relevant committee and the parliamentary leadership.
If approved, it will be the third ministerial resignation in as many weeks and will intensify discussions about large-scale personnel changes in the government.
The day before, during a meeting of the Servant of the People faction, the issue of dismissing Education Minister Oksen Lisovyi from his post was considered at the suggestion of the relevant education committee.
The faction considered and supported the decision to dismiss Lisovyi.
Oksen Lisovyi: what we know about him
Oksen Lisovyi was born on July 21, 1972, in the Kyiv region.
He spent the summer of 1981 awaiting trial in Novaya Bryana in the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, where his father, dissident Vasyl Lisovyi, was in exile. There, his mother, Vira Lisova, acted as a defense attorney in her husband’s case. In the summer of 1982, the family returned to Buryatia and lived in exile for two years in the village of Ilka, where Vasyl Lisovyi worked as a turner, his sister graduated from high school, and Oksen completed grades 3 and 4.
He graduated from the Reshetylivka Art School of Folk Crafts (specialty – ceramic artist), Kyiv State Institute of Culture (specialty – library and information systems).
He worked as a teacher at the Kyiv-Mohyla Collegium, a fencing coach, and supported the activities of the Sich youth organization, and held a senior position at the General Directorate of Ukrtelecom.
Since 2010, he has been the Director of the National Center “Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”.
In September 2020, together with the President of the Minor Academy of Sciences Stanislav Dovgyi, he initiated the establishment of the first Museum of Science in Ukraine.
He is the author of more than 250 scientific publications and 25 author’s scientific editions.
With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he volunteered to go to the front as a member of the 95th separate airborne assault brigade. At the same time, he continues to serve as the director of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine remotely.
on March 21, 2023, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Oksen Lisovyi as the new Minister of Education and Science.
on July 16, 2025, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted to dismiss Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. At the suggestion of the President, the new government team was headed by Yulia Svyrydenko, who was confirmed as Prime Minister by the Parliament on July 17. At the same time, a new Cabinet of Ministers was approved, with Oksen Lisovyi retaining his position as Minister of Education and Science.
Oksen is married and has two sons with his wife.
In July 2025, the media reported that the President’s Office was considering dismissing Minister of Education and Science Oksen Lisovyi from his position.
What is known about resignations in the Cabinet of Ministers
The initiative comes amid a series of high-profile resignations in the government in recent weeks. on November 19, the Rada dismissed Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko following NABU investigations into corruption in the energy sector. Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk was also dismissed.
At the same time, one of the co-authors of the motion, Dmytro Mykysha, published a video message the day before criticizing President Zelenskyy’s decision and claiming a crisis of confidence in government appointments.
