The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine appointed new deputy defense minister Rustem Umarov, and also fired Sergey Melnik from this position, said the government representative in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnichuk. The government made such a decision at a meeting on April 29.
Who was appointed?
Sergey Boev.
So, Sergey Boev became the first deputy Minister of Defense. He was previously fired from the post of deputy head of the MOU on European integration issues.
In 2004 he graduated from the faculty of international economics and management of the Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadim Getman, where he received a bachelor's degree in the specialty " He is also a graduate of the Voronian business school of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a master's degree in business administration.
During 2004-2009 he worked in teams of credit markets and investment-banking operations in JP Morgan Chase and Credit Suisse investment banks. Subsequently-in 2010-2014. - He was a consultant and project manager in the Ukrainian office of the consulting company The Boston Consulting Group.
From 2016 to 2018 he held the position of Director for Business Development of PJSC Ukrgazdobych. After that, until 2022, he headed directions for the development of strategies, business analytics, investment management and business development in Naftogaz Ukrainian JSC.
From May 2023 to October 2024, the fighting was deputy minister for strategic industries in Ukraine for European integration. Last on October 11, he was appointed deputy head of the Ministry of Defense on European integration issues.
Boev was awarded the Order "
“He will coordinate all areas of the work of the Minister's deputy to ensure a single course - from the current needs of the front to future architecture of the Ukrainian army. The main task is to form an integral strategy of actions: satisfying the urgent needs of the army here and now; Development, together with colleagues of the defense forces of the future, created by the United Front by the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff, ”said Umarov on Facebook.
According to him, the priority of Boeva \u200b\u200bwill be the development of international partnerships, financing and investment in the Ukrainian defense industry, as well as the creation of joint ventures with international partners.
Alexander Kozenko.
Alexander Kozenko was previously an adviser to Umarov and dealt with state aviation issues. In particular, Kozenko has long been engaged in the adaptation of the F-16 and Mirage in Ukraine.
Since 1994-2006. He worked in the field of civil aviation in various airlines, in particular: international airlines in Ukraine, GP " From 2006-2017 he was a top manager of various international and Ukrainian companies. From 2020-2023 he worked as an adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
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In the investigation of VIHUS. Info dated December 2023 it was said that as an adviser to the head of the publi Andrei Ermak Kozenko was attracted to the presidential commission for pardon. Together with President Vladimir Zelensky, he also took part in the discussion with the French models of creating the National air carrier of Ukraine. In addition, Kozenko in 2023 was a member of the coordination meeting with the partners of Ukraine for the coalition of fighters. According to the investigation, one of the points of the official duties of Kozenko sounded like this: “Fulfills individual instructions of the leadership related to his competence”.
According to journalists, he led the company from the Dnieper Figaro-Catering, and was also engaged in Yoki. The latter is a studio of complex interactive solutions for all kinds of events and corporate parties.
Kozenko also participated in the chefs festival at one time and founded Akrylight, which engaged in outdoor advertising. The owner of the latter Kozenko was listed until the end of 2020. After that, he began to work in the lamory.
Kozenko refused to tell reporters how he got into the president’s office and what functions he performed there. Like, " He told the investigators that he was the head of a number of large companies and the owner of several businesses who sold and have experience in the field of aviation for more than 10 years.
“The new position will be responsible for the development of aviation abilities,” Umarov said on Facebook, what Kozenko will do.
Nikolai Shevtsov.
Nicholas Shevtsov, who previously headed the Main Directorate of Logistics of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine became another deputy of Umarov. Now in the MOU, according to Umarov, he must reform purchases and constantly work with the market and manufacturers.
“Nikolai Shevtsov, along with AOZ and DOT, will work on reducing the time to provide the military, as simplifying the bureaucratic procedures and digitalizing processes. An important task is also constant feedback from our military at the front so that we can quickly adjust the needs and accelerate the supply process, ”said Umarov.
From what is also known about Shevtsov from open sources, in November 2013 Shevtsov was still with the rank of colonel and. Deputy Commander of the Troops of the Operational Command " As of October 2015, he was the head of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces. In the same month he received the title of Major General. Since May 2019, Shevtsov-Lieutenant General.
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Earlier, the government fired Lieutenant General Ivan Gavrilyuk from the post of First Deputy Minister of Defense.
Shortly before that, he said that he was departing of his own free will, but the details of the decision did not bring. At the same time, members of the Public Anti -Corruption Council under the Ministry of Defense Tatyana Nikolaenko suggested that the decision may be associated with his conflict with Minister Rustem Umarov. She pointed out that Gavrilyuk became a “real minister”, and also “very strengthened its positions in the field of supervision of purchases, and, apparently, crossed the road to someone”.