Viktor Liashko | |
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Віктор Ляшко | |
.jpg) Liashko in 2023 | |
| Minister of Healthcare | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2021 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal[1] Yulia Svyrydenko |
| Preceded by | Maksym Stepanov[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1980-04-24)24 April 1980 (age 45) |
| Political party | Independent |
Viktor Kyrylovych Liashko (Ukrainian:Віктор Кирилович Ляшко; born 24 April 1980) is a Ukrainian politician and physician. He has beenMinister of Healthcare of Ukraine since 20 May 2021.[2][3] He was Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine from 2019 to 2021.
Viktor Liashko was born on 24 April 1980 in the village of Osova inRivne Oblast. In 2003 he graduated from theBogomolets National Medical University.
From 2003 to 2010, he worked in the sanitary and epidemiological service ofKyiv Oblast. Later, he moved to the Ministry of Health, starting as a chief specialist and eventually becoming director of the State Sanitary Department of Ukraine.
From 2014 to February 2018, he served as a Chairman of the Non-governmental organization "Infection Control in Ukraine".[4]
From 2015 to 2018, he acted as a public health consultant in the "HIV Service Reform in Action", aUnited States Agency for International Development (USAID) project. In addition, from 2014 to 2016, Viktor Liashko was one of the experts in the Reanimation Package of Reforms NGO.
In 2018, Viktor Liashko was a member of the public organization "Health Platform". The same year, Liashko returned to the civil service, taking the position of Deputy Director General of the Centre for Public Health.[5]
On 24 December 2019, Liashko was appointed as Deputy Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine, serving underZoriana Skaletska. In this position, he participated in the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens fromWuhan,China at the beginning ofCOVID-19 pandemic.
From 11 March 2020, he served as a Chief Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine.[6]
On 20 May 2021, he was appointed as theMinister of Health of Ukraine by theVerkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament). The appointment was supported by 262people's deputies of Ukraine.[1][7]
He is married. His wife is Iryna. Has a daughter, Daria.[8]
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