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Andriy Yermak
Ukrainian film producer and politician (born 1971) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Andriy Borysovych Yermak (Ukrainian: Андрій Борисович Єрмак; born 21 November 1971)[3] is a Ukrainian politician and former film producer who has served as the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine since 11 February 2020, after being appointed by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[1]
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Yermak is also a member of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the highest command and control body for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He has been described as Zelenskyy’s right-hand man and a "real power broker" in Ukraine.[4] In 2023, Politico called him Kyiv's "Green Cardinal."[5] In 2024, Time named Yermak to their annual list of 100 most influential people in the world.[6]
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Andriy Yermak was born on 21 November 1971 in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union).[3] Yermak's Russian-born mother Maria met his Kyiv native father Borys on a school trip of a Leningrad school to Kyiv.[7] Yermak's father is Jewish.[8] They met through mutual acquaintances.[7] The couple married in 1971 and she moved to Kyiv.[7] Yermak has a brother Denys, who is eight years younger.[7]
In 1995 Yermak graduated from Kyiv's Taras Shevchenko National University's Institute of International Relations with a master's degree in international private law.[3][7] The same year he received his license for law practice.[3] In his second year of university, at the request of one of his professors, he started working for the "Proxen" law firm.[7]
In 1997, Yermak founded his own law firm and worked in the field of intellectual property and commercial law.[1] He also became a member of the Association of Lawyers of Ukraine during that time.[9] Between 2006 and 2014 he, in his profession as lawyer, aided Party of Regions MP Elbrus Tedeyev.[10][1] In 2009, he founded and headed the public organization "Association of Entrepreneurs of the City of Kyiv".[9] In the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election, he was a proxy of candidate Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv's 216th constituency.[7] In 2011 he became the head of the “Association of Small Business Owners”.[11]
He also founded the Garnet International Media Group in 2012[12] and is the producer of such films as Rules of the Fight [Wikidata] and The Line.[13] He is a member of the Ukrainian Film Academy, and a member of the European Film Academy (2017).
Yermak became acquainted with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2011, when Zelenskyy was the general producer of the TV channel Inter.[10] The two became friends.[10] He worked in Zelenskyy's election campaign team in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election.[7] On 21 May 2019, newly elected President Zelenskyy appointed Yermak as Presidential Aide for Foreign Policy Issues.[1] In this role he negotiated major prison exchanges with Russia during the war in Donbas.[14] He was the point of contact for Kurt Volker and Rudy Giuliani on behalf of Zelenskyy during the buildup of the Trump–Ukraine scandal.[15] Yermak promised that, in response to their request, Zelensky would publicly pledge to investigate Burisma, a company that employed Hunter Biden. However, Zelenskyy never made such a public statement.[15]
President Zelenskyy appointed Yermak as Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine on 11 February 2020.[1] He became a member of the National Security and Defense Council the following day.[16] As the Head of the President's Office, he provides administrative, legal, consultative, advisory, media, analytical and other assistance and support to the President. Yermak was appointed chairman of the Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian and Social Affairs on 2 March 2022.[17]
In 2023, Politico called him Kyiv's "Green Cardinal."[5] In 2024, Time named Yermak to their annual list of 100 most influential people in the world.[6]
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Yermak has lived in Kyiv his whole life. He is single and has no children.[7]
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