Oleksiy Chernyshov, who until now was the CEO of Naftogaz, has been appointed Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of National Unity.
327 MPs voted in favour, MP Oleksiy Honcharenko said on Telegram. This is Chernyshov's second post in the government: in 2020-2022, he was the Minister for Communities and Territories.
Prior to his ministerial position, Chernyshov was the head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration.
Ministry of National Unity
- The Ministry of National Unity does not yet exist in Ukraine. The idea of creating a ministry that would deal with the return of Ukrainians who have moved abroad on an offshore basis was first voiced in August.
- This information was later confirmed by the President. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the idea to create the ministry came from him and that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs alone would not be able to cope with the task of returning Ukrainians. The President stressed that if we do not bring all taxpayers out of the shadows and if we do not return Ukrainians home, we will face a serious challenge after the war - how to feed our pensioners.
- The fact that Russia is preparing operations against Ukrainians abroad was recently mentioned by Vadym Skibitskyy, a representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine. The Russians' goal is to convince Ukrainian refugees not to return.
- Today, on 3 December, MP Yevheniya Kravchuk and a number of other parliamentarians reported that Chernyshov is being prepared to be appointed Minister of National Unity.