The first session of newly Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko attends the first session of newly Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, on 29 August, 2019. The Ukrainian Parliament voted to appoint Oleksiy Goncharuk as Prime Minister of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on August 29 picked 35-year-old lawyer Oleksiy Goncharuk as Prime Minister, as a new parliament met for the first time. His new party "Servant of the People" commands a majority in parliament and MPs quickly approved his choice for head of government. Ukrainians voted in extraordinary parliament's elections on July 21, 2019, after President Volodymyr Zelensky dissolved parliament during his inauguration on 21 May 2019.