MPs reshuffle health, finance ministers

The Ukrainian parliament dismissed Health Minister Illya Yemets at its morning extraordinary session on 30 March and appointed Maksym Stepanov to the post later in the day.Yemets was put in charge of the Health Ministry on 4 March 2020.

Stepanov, who was nominated for health minister by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, is a former head of the Odesa regional state administration.MPs also dismissed Finance Minister Ihor Umanskyy and appointed Serhiy Marchenko to the post. Marchenko was a deputy head of ex-President Petro Poroshenko's administration.