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Yulia Svyrydenko
Prime Minister of Ukraine since 2025 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yulia Anatoliivna Svyrydenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Анатоліївна Свириденко, IPA: [ˈjul⁽ʲ⁾ijɐ ɐnɐˈtɔl⁽ʲ⁾ijiu̯nɐ swɪrɪˈdɛnko]; born 25 December 1985) is a Ukrainian politician who has served as the 19th prime minister of Ukraine since 17 July 2025.[1] Before that, she was the first deputy prime minister and Minister of Economic Development and Trade from 2021,[2] until she replaced Denys Shmyhal as prime minister as part of a government reshuffle proposed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[3]
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Education
In 2008, she graduated from Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics with a degree in antimonopoly management.[2]
Career
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She began her career in 2008 as an economist at a Ukrainian-Andorran joint venture JSC "AMP".[4]
In 2011, she became a Permanent Representative of Chernihiv in the city of Wuxi, the only representative office of a Ukrainian city in China.[4]
In 2015, she began working as the head of the Department of Economic Development of the Chernihiv Oblast.[4]
From 30 July to 28 November 2018, she served as acting Governor (head of the regional state administration) of the Chernihiv Oblast.[4]
On 5 May 2020, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Svyrydenko as the representative of Ukraine in the subgroup on social and economic issues of the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine.[4]
On 22 December 2020, Zelenskyy appointed Svyrydenko as Deputy Head of the Office of the President to replace Yuliya Kovaliv.[5]
On 4 November 2021, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Svyrydenko as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Trade. 256 MPs voted for her appointment.[6]
In August 2022, the government authorized Svyrydenko to head the Interagency Working Group on the Implementation of the State Sanctions Policy.[7] She negotiated with other countries to strengthen sanctions against Russia, in particular with representatives of the United Kingdom.[8]
On 14 July 2025, Zelenskyy announced a government reshuffle and nominated Svyrydenko as prime minister.[9] Her appointment was approved by the Verkhovna Rada on 17 July.[1]
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Awards
Yulia Svyrydenko was included and published on 13 September 2023 by Time magazine's listicle TIME100 Next where she was described as "emblematic of the Ukrainian people's resilience" (referring to the Russian invasion of Ukraine).[10]
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