Oleksiy Honcharuk

Oleksiy Honcharuk
Oleksiy Honcharuk
Олексій Гончарук
	Honcharuk in 2019
17th Prime Minister of Ukraine
	In office; 29 August 2019 – 4 March 2020
President	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Preceded by	Volodymyr Groysman
Succeeded by	Denys Shmyhal
Personal details
Born	7 July 1984 (age 39); Zhmerynka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union; (now Ukraine)
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Power of the People (2014–2018); People are Important (2018–2019);
Alma mater	National Academy for Public Administration; Kyiv Mohyla Business School; Aspen Institute
Profession	lawyer

Oleksiy Valeriyovych Honcharuk (Ukrainian: Олексі́й Вале́рійович Гончару́к, pronounced [olekˈs⁽ʲ⁾ij wɐˈlɛr⁽ʲ⁾ijowɪtʃ ɦontʃɐˈruk]; born 7 July 1984) is a Ukrainian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 29 August 2019 to 4 March 2020^[1] following a landslide parliamentary election win. Honcharuk was replaced by Denys Shmyhal during the formation of the Shmyhal Government.^[2]

Before this appointment, Honcharuk was a lawyer and the deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, led by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.^[3]^[4] He was also a member of the Servant of the People. Being 35 years old at the time of appointment, he is the youngest Prime Minister in Ukrainian history.