The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) reappointed Andrii Sybiha as Minister of Foreign Affairs on Thursday 17 July, as part of the approval of the new government led by Yuliia Svyrydenko.

Source: MP Oleksii Honcharenko, as reported by European Pravda

Details: The appointment of the new government was voted on as a package, but the candidates for the posts of the ministers of foreign affairs and defence were considered separately, as they are submitted to parliament by the president.

As a result, 271 MPs voted in favour of reappointing Sybiha as the Foreign Minister.

Background: 

• Taras Kachka, Ukraine’s former trade representative, was officially nominated to take over the position of Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, previously held by Olha Stefanishyna.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he had signed a decree appointing Stefanishyna as Special Envoy of the President of Ukraine for Cooperation with the United States of America.

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