Oleksii Reznikov

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Oleksii Reznikov
Олексій Резніков
Official portrait, 2021
17th Minister of Defence
In office 4 November 2021 – 5 September 2023
President	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime Minister	Denys Shmyhal
Preceded by	Andriy Taran
Succeeded by	Rustem Umerov
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories
In office 4 March 2020 – 3 November 2021[1]
President	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime Minister	Denys Shmyhal
Preceded by	Oksana Koliada
Succeeded by	Iryna Vereshchuk
Personal details
Born	(1966-06-18) 18 June 1966 (age 57) Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	European Solidarity
Education	University of Lviv
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Branch/service	Soviet Air Forces
Years of service	1984–1986
Rank	Sergeant

Oleksii Yuriiovych Reznikov (Ukrainian: Олексій Юрійович Резніков, IPA: [ɔ.lɛkˈsʲij ˈju.rʲij.ɔ.ʋet͡ʃ ˈrɛz.nʲi.kɔu̯]; born 18 June 1966) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 4 November 2021 until his dismissal on 5 September 2023.^[2][3] Reznikov previously has served in several other positions in the government of Ukraine: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine,^[4] deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration from 2016 to 2018, and deputy mayor-secretary of the Kyiv City Council from June 2014^[5] to December 2015.