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
Олексій Оржель
Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine
In office
29 August 2019 – 4 March 2020
Prime MinisterOleksiy Honcharuk
Preceded byIhor Nasalyk (Energy)
Ostap Semerak (Environment)
Succeeded byVitaliy Shubin (Acting)[1]
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
29 August 2019 – 29 August 2019
Personal details
Born
Oleksiy Anatoliyovych Orzhel

(1984-01-26) 26 January 1984 (age 40)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyServant of the People
EducationKyiv Polytechnic Institute
Occupationenergy expert
politician

Biography

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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

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  1. ^ Ukraine's government appoints Olha Buslavets acting energy minister, UNIAN (16)
  2. ^ "Оржель Олексій Анатолійович". Central Election Commission (in Ukrainian). Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Iwański, Tadeusz; Matuszak, Sławomir (2019-08-30). "Government of experts in Ukraine". Centre for Eastern Studies. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "Оржель Олексій Анатолійович". Government of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "Oleksii Orzhel". BRDO. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Meet the Ministers: What We Know About Ukraine's New Cabinet". Hromadske International. August 30, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  8. ^ "President Zelenskyy Announces His Party Members". Hromadske International. June 9, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  9. ^ "Народний депутат України". Верховна Рада України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ Постанова Верховної Ради України від 4 березня 2020 р. «Про звільнення з посад членів Кабінету Міністрів України»
  12. ^ "Дивіться, хто прийшов. Новий уряд України в особах і фактах". nv.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-10-13.
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