Oleksiy Anatoliyovych Orzhel (Ukrainian: Олексій Анатолійович Оржель; born 26 January 1984[2]) is a Ukrainian energy expert and politician.[citation needed] He was Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine from August 2019 to 4 March 2020.[3][4]
Oleksiy Orzhel | |
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Олексій Оржель | |
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| Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine | |
| In office 29 August 2019 – 4 March 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Oleksiy Honcharuk |
| Preceded by | Ihor Nasalyk (Energy) Ostap Semerak (Environment) |
| Succeeded by | Vitaliy Shubin (Acting)[1] |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 29 August 2019 – 29 August 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oleksiy Anatoliyovych Orzhel 26 January 1984 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Servant of the People |
| Education | Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |
| Occupation | energy expert politician |
Biography edit
Orzhel graduated from the Institute of Energy Saving and Energy Management at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.[5]
He was the Head of the Energy Sector at the Better Regulation Delivery Office.[6] From 2006 to 2014, Orzhel worked at the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities.[7]
Head of the Ukrainian Association of Renewable Energy.[7]
He was on a party list of the Servant of the People political party during the 2019 parliamentary elections,[8] yet himself is not a registered member of the party (non-partisan, according to the Central Election Commission).[9] Orzhel was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019.[10] He surrendered his deputy mandate upon his ministerial appointment on 29 August 2019. On March 4, 2020, he was dismissed from the post of Minister.[11][12]
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References edit
- ^ Ukraine's government appoints Olha Buslavets acting energy minister, UNIAN (16)
- ^ "Оржель Олексій Анатолійович". Central Election Commission (in Ukrainian). Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ Iwański, Tadeusz; Matuszak, Sławomir (2019-08-30). "Government of experts in Ukraine". Centre for Eastern Studies. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ^ Parliament votes to accept PM Honcharuk's resignation, Cabinet disbands PM Honcharuk's resignation was backed by parliament / 04 March 2020 / Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/m/politics/10901798-parliament-votes-to-accept-pm-honcharuk-s-resignation-cabinet-disbands.html
- ^ "Оржель Олексій Анатолійович". Government of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ "Oleksii Orzhel". BRDO. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "Meet the Ministers: What We Know About Ukraine's New Cabinet". Hromadske International. August 30, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ "President Zelenskyy Announces His Party Members". Hromadske International. June 9, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ "Народний депутат України". Верховна Рада України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ "Some 254 MPs enter Rada from Servant of the People, 124 MPs from other parties, 46 MPs self-appointed". Interfax-Ukraine. July 26, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ Постанова Верховної Ради України від 4 березня 2020 р. «Про звільнення з посад членів Кабінету Міністрів України»
- ^ "Дивіться, хто прийшов. Новий уряд України в особах і фактах". nv.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-10-13.