The Verkhovna Rada appointed Alexander Tkachenko ("

For the adoption of draft resolution No. 3585, 263 deputies voted with the minimum required 226.

Tkachenko was elected to the parliament on the list of the Servant of the People party under No. 9.

In October, Tkachenko filed an income statement for 2018 as a candidate for the post of chairman of the Kyiv City State Administration (KSCA), and at the end of May announced that he would participate in intra-party primaries for the nomination of candidates for mayor of Kiev.

At a meeting of the “Servant of the People” faction on June 1, she decided to support Tkachenko’s candidacy for the post of Minister of Culture and Information Policy, and on June 3, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal submitted a proposal for the appointment of Tkachenko as Minister of Culture.

The Verkhovna Rada prematurely terminated the powers of the deputy from the " 299 deputies voted for the adoption of the relevant decision, with the minimum required 226. This was reported by "