Ukrainian prime minister to exit in sweeping reshuffle


  • World
  • Wednesday, 04 Mar 2020

Ukraine's Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk speaks during a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has resigned and the finance minister, foreign minister and the prosecutor general could also exit in a sweeping reshuffle this week, lawmakers from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's party said on Tuesday.

Zelenskiy has put forward Deputy Prime Minister Denys Shmygal to replace Honcharuk, lawmaker Galyna Yanchenko told reporters after a party meeting ahead of a special parliamentary session convened by the president on Wednesday.

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