Ukraine Politics

Newly appointed Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk speaks during a meeting of Ukrainian President with the leadership of Government, Parliament and law enforcement in the Presidential Administration in Kiev, Ukraine, on 2 September, 2019. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on August 29 picked 35-year-old lawyer Oleksiy Goncharuk as his prime minister, as a new parliament met for the first time. The 'Servant of the People' ('Sluga Narodu') political party, of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky , commands a majority in Ukrainian Parliament and lawmakers quickly approved his choice for Head of the government on August 29.