With 35 years Oleksij Hontscharuk the youngest Prime Minister in the history of Ukraine is a newcomer with no political experience, and with only two political priorities. Who is the man?
Now it is official: The next Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksij Hontscharuk means. President Volodymyr Selenskyj had proposed him on Thursday to the Parliament for election. The confirmation on the same day was regarded as a matter of form, because the President’s party, “servants of the people” has an absolute majority and can alone govern.
The youngest Prime Minister of Ukraine
Hontscharuk, the former Deputy chief of President’s administration, was traded in the Ukrainian media for weeks as a hot candidate for the Post of Prime Minister. At the age of 35, he became the youngest Ukrainian government is the boss, and continues a Trend. His predecessor, Volodymyr Groysman, and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, were at the time of their appointment at the end of thirty. The 41-year-old President Selenskyj is the youngest of the former Soviet Republic as an independent state ever.
Similar to the President also Hontscharuk is a newcomer and political novice, had, however, already years ago, political ambitions recognize. Unlike the former comedian and actor Selenskyj Hontscharuk was to a wide audience until recently, unknown.
Inaugural session of the new Ukrainian Parliament
A professional real estate
And raised Hontscharuk is born in a provincial town in the territory of Chernihiv in Northern Ukraine, not far from the border with Russia and Belarus away. Hontscharuk studied law at the Academy of personnel management, a state cadre for high-ranking officials. It is a career as a lawyer with focus on real estate development followed. Hontscharuk managed legal departments for various construction and investment companies in Kiev and founded a non-governmental organization that took care of dupes developers. On photos from that time in his profile in the social network VKontakte, the Russian Facebook counterpart, he looks like a Boy of the young Ukrainian Elite: shoulder-length hair, thin Beard, three-piece suits. Hontscharuk called there policies, state administration, chess and football as his interests.
So Hontscharuk came to politics
The interest in politics led to a doctorate degree lawyers first in the 2013-founded party “power of people” that want to distinguish themselves after the change of power in 2014 as a new liberal force with fresh faces. Hontscharuk welcomed the Maidan Revolution, was, however, medially in appearance. The political success was, first of all, the party with Hontscharuk as the top candidate managed to make it back into Parliament.
As Hontscharuk in the policy entry: the Maidan protests in June 2014
But Hontscharuk continued to the close proximity to the government and was sponsored by the then Minister of economy Aivaras Abromavicius. In 2015, he became Director of a new NGO that sees itself as an Advisor to the government in terms of bureaucracy reduction and digitization. When he was asked in an Interview in April 2019, after his Successes, called Hontscharuk, among other things, two examples: the abolition of formerly compulsory stamp on official documents and simplification of payments with mobile phones. This is exactly what the new President Selenskyj with his concept of “The state intends to do in the Smartphone” with the Ukraine.
Not a competitor for Selenskyj
With the appointment of the Prime Minister and the formation of the government the transfer of power for Selenskyj is complete. According to the Ukrainian Constitution, the government, especially in questions of domestic policy is more powerful than the President. The Post of the heads of government is, therefore, particularly important. About Connections between the President and the head of the government, little is known. Hontscharuk was not a part of the team of Selenskyj in its former life as a Comedian.
Boss and employee: Oleksij Hontscharuk (l.), Deputy chief of the presidential office of Volodymyr Selenskyj
Apparently Selenskyj was looking for a young non-one tiger needed to Cross with a clean reputation. Hontscharuk fit. About his possible Links to oligarchs or controversial politicians, nothing is known so far. Heads of government, as it is called in the post-Soviet space technocrats, so professionals who do domestic political everyday business and the will of the President to implement. Hontscharuk not noticed so far, with foreign policy Statements. Also in terms of the Charisma of the Prime Minister, who speaks in a dry and in front of the camera even inexperienced acts, not a competitor for the media professional Selenskyj seems.