To date, the most likely candidate is the acting head of the National Bank, Yakov Smoly. This opinion was expressed on Thursday, January 18, by the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada, People's Deputy Vadim Denisenko.

As he said, for today it is simply absolutely necessary to deprive a prefix "acting" this person. She connects it by hand with this prefix, I hope that this will happen at the beginning of February, the politician explained, adding that the appointment of a new head of the NBU should take place at the beginning of the next session, since the acting president can not sign a new memorandum with the International Monetary Fund.

Recall, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine may appoint a new head of the National Bank of Ukraine, if the president registers the corresponding performance on Tuesday, December 19, or on Wednesday, December 20.

As reported URA-Inform, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine registered a resolution with a call to the president to immediately submit an introduction to the dismissal of Valeria Gontareva from the post of head of the National Bank of Ukraine. The authors of the document were members of the financial parliamentary committee, people's deputies Sergei Rybalka, Viktor Romanyuk, Mikhail Dovbenko, Maxim Polyakov and Pavel Rizanenko. At the same time, the deputies emphasize that the parliament can not stand aside and watch the way the National Bank has been working for eight months without a leader.