Ukraine’s parliament voted on April 14 to appoint Volodymyr Groysman as the country’s new prime minister. Groysman, who served as the speaker of parliament since November 2014, replaced Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who spent two years as prime minister. Several ministers from Yatsenyuk’s Cabinet kept their jobs, including Deputy Prime Minister Hennadiy Zubko, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak, and Minister of Sports and Youth Ihor Zhdanov. Ex-Social Policy Minister Pavlo Petrenko was promoted to deputy prime minister. Former head of National Bank of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv was appointed economy minister. Deputy Head of President’s Administration Oleksandr Danyuliuk, who previously worked in the Yanukovych administration, is the new minister of finance. He replaced Ukrainian-American Jaresko. Yatsenyuk’s People’s Front party was also given several ministerial positions in the new government. In exchange for supporting Groysman’s candidacy, People’s Front was given the chance to appoint one of its own as speaker of parliament: Andriy Parubiy, an active participant in the EuroMaidan Revolution that drove President Viktor Yanukovych from power. Parubiy previously served as deputy speaker. Poroshenko Bloc lawmaker Iryna Gerashchenko was voted in as the new deputy speaker. The position of health minister remains vacant, as the coalition is yet to agree on a candidate. http://ift.tt/1TVYc8m
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