Andriy Pyvovarsky, who earlier was head of Kontinium Group, has been appointed infrastructure minister of Ukraine.

A total of 228 lawmakers supported the appointment of cabinet members under a list presented by Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk.

Before heading Kontinium Group Pyvovarsky was a managing director of the investment and banking department of Dragon Capital Investment Company.

As reported, the key business directions of Kontinium Group are trade with fuel (the WOG filling station chain), food industry (Galychyna dairy company, the producer of KOMO cheese), telecommunications (CDMA Ukraine operator), construction material production (Euroton brick producer), finances and real estate.

Shareholders in Kontinium Group are Ihor Yeremeyev, Stepan Ivakhiv, Serhiy Lahur and Petro Dyminsky.