The Verkhovna Rada has supported the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov, a member of the European Solidarity faction, Oleksiy Honcharenko, said.
“Fedorov will be appointed to a new position. Preliminarily, he will become Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Development of Education, Science and Technology – Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. His candidacy for the new position will be submitted to the Rada at the next meeting,” the parliamentarian wrote in the Telegram channel on Monday.
At the same time, a member of the faction “Golos” Yaroslav Zheleznyak specified that the decision to resign Fedorov supported 298 people’s deputies at the plenary session on March 20.
Fedorov held the post of Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine since March 4, 2020.
As previously reported by Prime Minister Denis Shmygal, Fedorov will be engaged in a number of other areas, in addition to digitalization. “His future position is Deputy Prime Minister for innovation, development of education, science and technology – Minister of digital transformation of Ukraine,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.
