Mykola Solskyi

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Tarasovych and the family name is Solskyi.

Mykola Solskyi
Микола Сольский
Solskyi in 2023
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food
Assumed office
24 March 2022
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byRoman Leshchenko
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
29 August 2019 – 24 March 2022
Personal details
Born (1979-05-22) 22 May 1979 (age 44)
Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)[1]
Political partyServant of the People
EducationUniversity of Lviv
OccupationPolitician

Mykola Tarasovych Solskyi (Ukrainian: Микола Тарасович Сольский; born 22 May 1979[1]) is a Ukrainian jurist and politician. On 24 March 2022, he was appointed as the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.[2] Solskyi was elected to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) in 2019.[3]

Biography

In 2000, Solskyi graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lviv, majoring in “Jurisprudence”, where he qualified as a lawyer.[4] He started a lawyer career until his political career started, with his last position being (in 2019) Deputy Executive Director of “Procyk and Partners".[1] Since 2007 Solskyi is co-founder of Ukrainian Agrarian Holding.[3] This company is a corporate group of agricultural enterprises and has in management 51 thousand hectares of land.[1]

On 21 July 2019, Solskyi was elected a People's Deputy of Ukraine.[4] He was placed 125th on the election list of the party Servant of the People (but was not a party member).[1]

On 29 August 2019, he was elected Chairman of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) on Agrarian and Land Policy in the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada.[4]

On 24 March 2022, Solskyi was appointed as the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.[5]

In April 2024, he was named as a suspect in investigations into corruption after the

$1.9 million) had been paid.[8]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ In Ukraine a government minister that has submitted a resignation technically remains in office until parliament reviews this request.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Small biography of Mykola Tarasovych Solskyi". Chesno (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  2. Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
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  3. ^ a b "Сольський Микола Тарасович". lb.ua [uk] (in Ukrainian). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Сольський Микола Тарасович". slovoidilo.ua (in Ukrainian). 16 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Сольський призначений новим міністром агрополітики". slovoidilo.ua (in Ukrainian). 24 March 2022.
  6. swissinfo.ch
    , 13 April 2024
  7. ^ "Ukraine's Farming Minister suspected in $ 12+ million corruption case denies charges". Euromaidan Press. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Ukraine frees farm minister on bail pending probe into graft allegations". Reuters. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Ukraine's farm minister Solsky named as suspect in corruption case". Reuters. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Ukrainian agriculture minister submits resignation amidst allegations of land fraud". Euromaidan Press. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Agriculture minister, accused of illegal acquisition of state-owned land, resigns". The Kyiv Independent. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Court arrests agriculture minister accused of illegal acquisition of state-owned land". The Kyiv Independent. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

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