15 Facts About Volodymyr Groysman

Volodymyr Borysovych Groysman, sometimes transliterated as Volodymyr Borysovych Hroisman, is a Ukrainian politician who was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 14 April 2016 to 29 August 2019.

From March 2006 until February 2014 Groysman was the Mayor of Vinnytsia.

Volodymyr Groysman was elected into parliament on the party lists of the pro-presidential Petro Poroshenko Bloc.

In many media sources Volodymyr Groysman is called the first Jewish Prime Minister of Ukraine, although in fact it was Yukhym Zvyahilsky.

Volodymyr Borysovych Groysman was born in Vinnytsia, to Jewish parents.

Volodymyr Groysman's father, Borys Groysman, is a businessman and a local politician.

Volodymyr Groysman studied at Ukraine's Interregional Academy of Personnel Management.

In February 2010, Volodymyr Groysman graduated from the National Academy of State Administration with a specialty in Community Development Management, especially management on the local and regional levels.

On 27 February 2014, Volodymyr Groysman was concurrently appointed as the Vice Prime Minister for Regional Policy and the Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine in the First Yatsenyuk Government.

On 27 November 2014, at the first session of newly elected parliament, Volodymyr Groysman was elected as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.

Some posts in the new Volodymyr Groysman government were assigned to people who were perceived as Poroshenko allies.

Volodymyr Groysman indicated in 2016 he would fight corruption and build closer ties with the European Union, which has complained about widespread and pervasive corruption in Ukraine's government and economy.

Volodymyr Groysman left the Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" on 23 April 2019.

On 24 May 2019, Volodymyr Groysman announced that he would take part in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election with the party Ukrainian Strategy.

Volodymyr Groysman is married and has two daughters and a son.