Zelensky Announces New Prime Minister Proposal Amid Government Reshuffle

President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sunday that he has proposed replacing Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko as part of a government reshuffle.

“I am grateful to Yuliia for her clear, steady, and effective work as Prime Minister, for her years of productive service on Ukraine’s team, and I have offered her the opportunity to lead a new and important area of relations with a key partner,” Zelensky said on X.

“I expect that, together with MPs, we will make the corresponding changes in the Government of Ukraine,” he added. He described the changes as necessary “to ensure the implementation of an updated political strategy,” without providing further details.

Svyrydenko assumed office in July 2025.

Zelensky did not specify whether Svyrydenko would assume a new role or who her successor might be, but indicated that there would also be changes among the heads of law‑enforcement agencies.

Opposition lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak suggested that Svyrydenko is likely to become Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States.

“That means she will leave the post of prime minister and the entire government will be reshuffled,” Zhelezniak said on Telegram.

Under Ukrainian law, a prime minister’s resignation requires parliamentary approval and entails the resignation of the entire cabinet.

Potential successors cited by lawmakers include former prime minister and current Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal, Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, and Serhiy Koretskyi, head of the state energy firm Naftogaz.

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters)

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