Yulia Svyrydenko
Юлія Свириденко
Svyrydenko in 2023
First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
Minister of Economic Development and Trade
Assumed office
4 November 2021
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byOleksiy Lyubchenko
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
In office
22 December 2020 – 4 November 2021
Preceded byYulia Kovaliv
Succeeded byRostyslav Shurma
Personal details
Born (1985-12-25) 25 December 1985
Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyIndependent
Alma materKyiv National University of Trade and Economics

Yulia Anatoliivna Svyrydenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Анатоліївна Свириденко, IPA: [ˈju.lʲi.jɐ ɐ.nɐˈtɔ.lʲi.jiu̯.nɐ sʋe.reˈdɛn.kɔ]; born 25 December 1985) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and simultaneously Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine since 4 November 2021.[1]

Education

In 2008, she graduated from Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics with a degree in antimonopoly management.[1]

Career

On May 5, 2020, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Svyrydenko as the representative of Ukraine in the subgroup on social and economic issues of the Trilateral Contact Group on resolving the situation in Donbas (Ukraine - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe - Russia). On December 22, 2020, Zelensky appointed Svyrydenko as Deputy Head of the Office of the President to replace Yuliya Kovaliv.[2]

On November 4, 2021, the Parliament of Ukraine appointed Svyrydenko as first deputy prime minister, minister of economy of Ukraine. Some 256 MPs voted for her appointment.[3]

Awards

Yulia Svyrydenko was included to a published on 13 September 2023 by Time listicle TIME100 Next where she was described as "emblematic of the Ukrainian people’s resilience" (referring to the Russian invasion of Ukraine).[4]


References

  1. 1 2 Rada appoints Svyrydenko as First Deputy PM, Economy Minister, Interfax-Ukraine (4 November 2021)
  2. ↑ Zelenskyy Appoints Svyrydenko Deputy Head Of Presidential Office To Replace Kovaliv Archived 2021-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrainian News Agency (22 December 2020)
  3. ↑ Rada appoints Svyrydenko as first deputy prime minister, economy minister, Kyiv Post (4 November 2021)
  4. ↑ "TIME100 Next". Time_(magazine). 16 September 2023. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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