Denys Shmyhal

Denys Anatoliyovych Shmyhal (Ukrainian: Денис Анатолійович Шмигаль; born 15 October 1975^[4]) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician.^[5]

Denys Shmyhal
Денис Шмигаль
Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office 4 March 2020 – 17 July 2025
President	Volodymyr Zelensky
Preceded by	Oleksiy Honcharuk
Succeeded by	Yulia Svyrydenko
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Communities and Territories Development
In office 4 February 2020 – 4 March 2020[1]
Prime Minister	Oleksiy Honcharuk
Preceded by	Aliona Babak
Succeeded by	Oleksiy Chernyshov
Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
In office 1 August 2019 – 5 February 2020[2]
President	Volodymyr Zelensky
Prime Minister	Volodymyr Groysman Oleksiy Honcharuk
Preceded by	Oleh Honcharuk
Succeeded by	Vitaliy Fedoriv (Acting)[3]
Personal details
Born	Denys Anatoliyovych Shmyhal (1975-10-15) 15 October 1975 (age 49) Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Independent
Education	Lviv Polytechnic
Occupation	entrepreneur politician

On 4 March 2020, he became the Prime Minister of Ukraine. As Prime Minister, Shmyhal has been in charge of handling the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine and conducting the defense of Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion.^[6] As of 2025, he is the longest serving prime minister in Ukrainian history.^[7] He resigned in July 2025.

Biography

Denys was born on 15 October 1975 in Lviv. In 1997, he graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic (engineering and economics).

1997-2005 he works as accountant in private sector. From June 2006 to August 2008, he was Director for the investment company Comfort-Invest.

In 2008-2009, Shmyhal was General Director at Rosaninvest LLC.

Shmyhal worked in multiple leading political roles in Ukraine's Lviv Oblast from 2009 until December 2013.

In 2009-2013 served as the head of the Department of Economics and the head of the Department of Economic Development, Investment, Trade and Industryat the Lviv Oblast Administration.

In 2015-2017 he was a Vice President of Lviv company Lvivkholod.

In 2018-2019, Shmyhal was a Director of the Burshtyn TES.

From August 2019 till February 2020 he was the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.

On 4 February 2020, he became the Minister of Regional Development of Ukraine.

In March 2020, Denys Shmyhal became the Prime Minister of Ukraine.^[8]

On 14 July 2025, Zelenskyy announced his plan to replace Shmyhal with Yulia Svyrydenko as prime minister as part of a government reshuffle; Zelenskyy suggested that Shmyhal might become defense minister.^[9][10] Shmyhal resigned as prime minister the next day, while the Verkhovna Rada accepted his decision on 16 July.^[11]

Personal life

Shmyhal is married to Kateryna. The couple has two daughters.