14 Facts About Denys Shmyhal

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Denys Anatoliyovych Shmyhal is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur who is the current Prime Minister of Ukraine since 2020.

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Denys Shmyhal holds the title of Candidate of Economic Sciences.

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From his graduation in 1997 until September 2005, Denys Shmyhal worked as an accountant in various companies.

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From September 2005 to June 2006, Denys Shmyhal was Deputy General Director of a company called "LA DIS".

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From September 2008 to September 2009, Denys Shmyhal was General Director of a company called "ROSANINVEST LLC".

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Denys Shmyhal worked in multiple leading political roles in Ukraine's Lviv Oblast from 2009 until December 2013.

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Denys Shmyhal then became the Head of the Department of Economics and Industrial Policy for the whole of 2012.

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From May 2014 to December 2014, Denys Shmyhal worked as Deputy Head of the Lviv Oblast regional office of the Ministry of Revenues and Duties.

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Denys Shmyhal served as Vice President of Lviv-based frozen goods distributor TVK Lvivkholod from 2015 to 2017.

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From 2018 to 2019, Denys Shmyhal served as Director of the Burshtyn TES which is the largest electricity producer in Ivano-Frankivsk, and is part of Rinat Akhmetov's holdings.

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From 1 August 2019 until his ministerial appointment, Denys Shmyhal was the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.

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Denys Shmyhal replaced Oleksiy Honcharuk as the prime minister of Ukraine in March 2020.

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In 2021,46-year-old Denys Shmyhal entered the TOP-100 most influential Ukrainians according to the weekly magazine Focus.

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Denys Shmyhal sold her shares in these companies in 2019.