Ukraine's trade representative Kachka nominated for Deputy PM for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration

Taras Kachka, Ukraine’s former trade representative, has been officially nominated for the post of Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration.

Source: European Pravda, nomination document shared by Yaroslav Zhelezniak, an MP from the Holos ("Voice") party

Details: In the list of proposed members of the new government, Taras Kachka is nominated to take over the position of Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, previously held by Olha Stefanishyna. Earlier assumptions suggested that Kachka might be assigned only the European integration portfolio.

Background:

• 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.
• Zelenskyy said Stefanishyna will work "to maintain momentum in our relations with the US" while her ambassadorial candidacy is under consideration in Washington.

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