In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Pavlovych and the family name is Zahorodniuk.

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 Defence of Ukraine. He was the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 29 August 2019 to 4 March 2020.[3][4]

Biography

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.

Family

In July 2020 the Central Election Commission of Ukraine recognised Zahorodniuk's wife Alina Sviderska [uk] 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Загороднюк Андрій Павлович". Government of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Zelensky introduces new Defense Minister Zahorodniuk". UNIAN. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ^ Lebed, Natalia (30 August 2019). "New faces of Ukrainian Cabinet: Who is who in government under PM Honcharuk?". 112.International. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Ukrainian Lawmakers Approve Political Novice Honcharuk As Prime Minister, Radio Free Europe (29 August 2019)
    Ukrainian lawmakers appoint Andriy Taran as new defense minister, UNIAN (4 March 2020)
  5. ^ a b Ponomarenko, Illia (29 August 2019). "Meet Ukraine's new defense minister". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Andrii Zahorodniuk of Discovery DE has appointed Minister of Defense". ExPro Consulting. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Meet the Ministers: What We Know About Ukraine's New Cabinet". Hromadske International. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Candidacy of Andriy Zahorodniuk proposed to post of defense minister of Ukraine – MP from Servant of the People Yaremenko". Interfax-Ukraine. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Our approach". Centre for Defence Strategies. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  10. ^ (in Ukrainian) "Cyborg" Sharaskin will join the Voice Council, Sviderska changed her mind, Ukrayinska Pravda (8 October 2020)
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Zagorodnyuk
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