Zelensky fires Gerus, appoints Oleksiy Perevezentsev as president's rep in Cabinet

10:25, 11.11.2019 1 min read

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed representative of the president in the Cabinet of Ministers Andriy Gerus.

Corresponding decree No. 838/2019 was signed by Zelensky and published on the website of the president.

Zelensky also signed decree No. 839/2019, by which he appointed Oleksiy Perevezentsev to the vacant post.

"To appoint Perevezentsev Oleksiy Yuriyovych as the representative of the president of Ukraine in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (non-staff)," the text of the document reads.

Perevezentsev previously held the post of Secretary of State of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, before that - Director of the Legal Department in the same Ministry. In parallel, in 2015-2016, he served as advisor to Minister of Economic Development and Trade Aivaras Abromavicius. In 2016, he continued to work as advisor to Minister of Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv.