Denys Shmyhal was appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2020.
Previously, on July 14, President Volodymyr Zelensky nominated First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko as prime minister.
"I have proposed that Yulia Svyrydenko lead the Ukrainian government and significantly innovate the government's work. I look forward to the new government's action plan being presented in the near future," Zelensky said on social network X.
Ms. Julyia Svyrydenko is also currently Ukraine's Minister of Economy. Her role has been especially prominent in the media this year as the mineral deal between the US and Ukraine was signed.
Ms. Svyrydenko, 39, has held many positions in the government of Chernihiv state, northern Ukraine, where she grew up.
She was quickly promoted and became Deputy Chief of the Office of the President. In 2021, she became Minister of Economy and Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine.
The nomination of a new prime minister must be approved by the Ukrainian parliament. After being approved, Julyia Svyrydenko will become Ukraine's second female prime minister after Yulia Tymoshenko, who ruled the country in the years after the 2004 Orange Revolution.
