Four candidates being considered for post of Ukraine's prime minister – source

Roman Romaniuk, Roman Petrenko — 12 July, 14:50

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Serhii Koretskyi. Photo: President’s Office

The final decision on who will become Ukraine's next prime minister has yet to be made, but four candidates are currently under consideration.

Source: an Ukrainska Pravda source in government; MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak on Telegram

Details: A source told Ukrainska Pravda that the following candidates are currently being considered for the post:

Serhii Koretskyi, CEO of Naftogaz and Director of Ukrnafta
Denys Shmyhal, Minister of Energy
Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Defence
Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv

The source said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was expected to hold meetings with the candidates on Sunday 12 July.

It later emerged that Zelenskyy had already met with Koretskyi. The president said he had received a report from him and discussed "the steps our country needs to strengthen Ukraine's resilience and deliver the expected results under our state's updated political strategy".

Background: Zelenskyy has announced the need for a reshuffle of Ukraine's government and said changes will also be made to the leadership of the law enforcement agencies.

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