Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has approved the appointment of Serhiy Koretsky, the former CEO of state-owned energy company Naftogaz, as the country’s new prime minister, Kyiv Post reports.
Lawmakers voted to confirm Koretsky on Thursday, July 16, following a nomination submitted by President Volodymyr Zelensky and formally announced by Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk the previous evening.
A total of 289 lawmakers backed his appointment.
During the parliamentary debate on Koretsky’s appointment as prime minister, lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak asked the presidium whether Zelensky would attend the Rada session.
Stefanchuk replied that the president would not be present, adding that Zelensky’s representative in the Verkhovna Rada was attending the session instead.
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