The Verkhovna Rada at a meeting on Monday, July 18, dismissed Maryna Lazebna from the post of Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine. According to the deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak, 277 deputies voted for such a decision.

The MP noted that the appointment of a new minister will take place soon, but not today. At the same time, he added that Oksana Zholnovich will become the new minister..

Minister of Social Policy Marina Lazebnaya submitted her resignation on July 15.

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She headed the ministry in March 2020, becoming part of Denys Shmyhal's team after the resignation of the government of Oleksiy Honcharuk. As Zheleznyav noted, only 27.

2% or 6 out of 22 ministers from the initial composition of the 2020 Government.

Prior to that, since August 2019, Lazebnaya led the State Social Service. Previously worked at the Ministry of Social Policy (Department of Labor and Employment), led the State Employment Service until its liquidation in 2014.

Read more about the minister's priorities and her vision of the right model of social policy in an interview with Marina Lazebna, with whom ZN readers. UA was spoken by Alla Kotlyar - part 1 and part 2.