Zelenskyy dismisses two deputy heads of President's Office

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Andrii Smyrnov and Oleksii Dniprov, deputies of Andrii Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian President's Office, and replaced them with Iryna Mudra and Olena Kovalska. Source: decrees Nos 203-206 on the Ukrainian President's website Quote: "Andrii Oleksandrovych Smyrnov shall be dismissed from his position as deputy head of the Ukrainian President's Office."

"Iryna Romanivna Mudra shall be appointed as the deputy head of the Ukrainian President's Office."

Details: The two other documents dismiss Dniprov and appoint Kovalska. Those personnel changes were expected to happen in the near future, as was reported by Ukrainska Pravda. For reference: Dniprov was appointed as deputy head of the President's Office on 9 July 2021.

Smyrnov had been holding this post since 10 September 2019. The Ukrainian President's website states that Andrii Yermak has 10 deputies. Smyrnov was responsible for courts, and Dniprov dealt with issues of culture and sports in the Office of the President. 

Earlier, Ukrainska Pravda reported that Andrii Smyrnov's brother Ihor bought an apartment in an elite new building in the city of Lviv, a plot of land in the Carpathians, a parking space in the city of Kyiv, as well as a Volkswagen Multivan, a BMW and a motorcycle, all in 2022.

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