The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has appointed Taras Vysotsky, Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture, as Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine in the new government, according to a correspondent for the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine has been reestablished through the reorganization of the Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine.
As previously reported, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food was merged into the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade, and Agriculture of Ukraine in 2019. At the end of 2020, the government decided to reinstate the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, and as of 2021, the ministry resumed operations as a separate central executive body.
In July 2025, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy was reorganized once again, and its functions were transferred to the newly created Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine.
From September 2019 to May 2021 and from July 2025 onward, Vysotsky served as deputy head of the Ministry of Economy, overseeing agricultural policy.
From May 2021, he served as First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food until the ministry was merged with the Ministry of Economy. From May 14, 2024, to September 4, 2024, he served as Acting Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.
MINISTRY OF AGRARIAN POLICY, VYSOTSKY
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