The Verkhovna Rada has appointed People’s Deputy Rustem Umerov to the post of head of the State Property Fund (SPF).
The adoption of the relevant draft resolution No. 8005 was generally supported by 282 people’s deputies at the plenary session on Wednesday, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a member of the Holos faction, said on his telegram channel.
“The parliament appointed our colleague from Golos Rustem Umerov as head of the State Property Fund. For – 282 (votes – IF). Against – 0,” he wrote.
As the parliamentarian noted, the voting results for Umerov’s candidacy were distributed by factions as follows: Servant of the People – 198 votes, European Solidarity – 2 votes, Batkivshchyna – 1 vote, Platform for Life and Peace group – 17, “For the Future” – 9, “Voice” – 13, “Dovira” – 16, the group “Vydnovlennia Ukrainy” – 14 and non-factional deputies cast 12 votes.
As reported, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Policy on September 7 supported Umerov’s candidacy for the post of head of the State Property Fund.
Umerov is a Ukrainian politician, entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist, a member of the Ukrainian delegation at the negotiations with Russia, a delegate of the Kurultai of the Crimean Tatar people.
In 2019, he was elected a people’s deputy of the 9th convocation from the “Voice” party (number 18 on the list as a non-partisan) and became a member of the faction of the same name.
In the Ukrainian parliament, he served as secretary of the committee on human rights, de-occupation and reintegration of temporarily occupied territories, national minorities, and was also a deputy member of the Permanent Delegation to the Council of Europe and co-chairman of the parliamentary inter-factional association “Crimean Platform”.
In September 2020, Umerov joined the group for the development of the state strategy for the de-occupation of Crimea and Sevastopol under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC).
