Ukraine appoints three non-native ministers
02 Dec 2014
The new Ukraine cabinet headed by Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
The Ukrainian parliament has approved the formation of a new government that includes three foreigners who had received Ukrainian nationality on the same day specially for the job. Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's president, granted citizenship to Georgia-born Aleksandr Kvitashvili, US-national Natalie Jaresko and Lithuanian Aivaras Abromavicius on Tuesday, just hours before the vote. "There are absolutely extraordinary challenges facing Ukraine - an extremely difficult economic situation, Russian aggression, the need for radical reform and the fight against corruption. All this requires innovative solutions in the government," Poroshenko said in statement. "These decisions mean searching for candidates for the new government not only in Ukraine but also abroad," he said.
Kvitashvili was appointed as Ukraine's health minister after serving for the same role in Georgia during 2008 and 2010. Jaresko will serve as the country's finance minister. She has worked in Ukraine for more than 20 years after holding various economic positions in the US State Department. Abromavicius will take on a role of economy minister.
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