Ihor Zhdanov

This article is about the Ukrainian politician. For Latvian chess master, see Igor Zhdanov.
Ihor Zhdanov
Ігор Жданов
3rd Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine
Assumed office
2 December 2014
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Preceded by Dmytro Bulatov
Personal details
Born Ігор Олександрович Жданов
(1967-12-29) December 29, 1967
Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR
Education Kiev University (1992) - History
Kiev University (1994) - Justice
University of West London (1996)

Ihor Oleksandrovych Zhdanov (Ukrainian: Ігор Олександрович Жданов; December 29, 1967 in Vinnytsia [1]) is a Ukrainian politician who is the current Minister of Youth and Sports in the Yatsenyuk Government. Zhdanov is the president of the Open Politics analytical center.[2]

Biography

He was elected into the Ukrainian Parliament in 2014 as a member of the Fatherland party.[3][1] When Fatherland left the Yatsenyuk Government on 17 February 2016 Zhdanov refused to resign and hence was expelled from Fatherland.[4] He retained his post in the Groysman Government (installed on 14 April 2016).[5]

References

  1. 1 2 (Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
  2. ↑ Profile on Golos.ua (Ukrainian)
  3. ↑ Profile on official website of Ukrainian parliament (Ukrainian)
  4. ↑ "Fatherland" expelled from the party Zhdanova, Ukrainska Pravda (17 February 2016)(Ukrainian)
  5. ↑ New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
Political offices
Preceded by
Dmytro Bulatov
Minister of Youth and Sports
2014-
Succeeded by
Incumbent



This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.