Andriy Yermak

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Andriy Yermak
Андрій Борисович Єрмак
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Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
Assumed office
11 February 2020
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
Preceded byAndriy Bohdan[1]
Personal details
Born (1971-11-21) 21 November 1971 (age 50)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyIndependent
EducationTaras Shevchenko National University[2]
Occupationlawyer, film producer

Andriy Borisovich Yermak (Ukrainian: Андрій Борисович Єрмак; born on 21 November 1971 in Kyiv[2]) is a Ukrainian film producer, lawyer and current Head of the Presidential Administration. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed him on 11 February 2020.[1]

Biography[]

Andriy Yermak was born on 21 November 1971 in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union).[2] Yermak's Russian born mother Maria met his Kyiv native father Borys on a school trip of a Leningrad school to Kyiv.[3] They met through mutual acquaintances.[3] The couple married in 1971 and she moved to Kyiv.[3] Yermak has a brother Denis, who is 8 years younger.[3]

In 1990 he started and in 1995 Yermak graduated from Kyiv's Taras Shevchenko National University's Institute of International Relations with a master's degree in international private law.[2][3] The same year he received his license for law practice.[2] In his second year of University, at the request of one of his teachers, he started working for the law company Proxen.[3]

In 1997 Yermak founded the International Law Firm and was engaged in the field of intellectual property and commercial law.[1] Between 2006 and 2014 he, in his profession as lawyer, aided Party of Regions MP Elbrus Tedeyev.[4][1]

In the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election Yermak was a proxy of candidate Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv's 216th constituency.[3]

Yermak founded the Garnet International Media Group in 2012[5] and is the producer of such films as " [Wikidata]" and "The line".[6]

Yermak became acquainted with (future President) Volodymyr Zelensky in 2011, when Zelensky was the general producer of the TV channel Inter.[4] The two became friends.[4]

Yermak worked in Zelensky's election campaign team of the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election.[3]

On 21 May 2019 newly elected President Zelensky appointed Yermak as Presidential Aide for Foreign Policy Issues.[1] In this role he negotiated major prison exchanges with Russia during the War in Donbas.[7] Yermak was the point of contact for Kurt Volker and Rudy Giuliani on behalf of Zelensky during the buildup of the Trump-Ukraine scandal.[8]

President Zelensky appointed Yermak as Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine on 11 February 2020.[1]

Member of the NSDC since 12 February 2020.[9]

Personal life[]

Yermak has lived in Kyiv his whole life. He is single and has no children.[3] Yermak has a brother named Denys.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Zelensky dismisses head of president's office Bohdan, appoints Yermak instead, Interfax-Ukraine (11 February 2020)
  2. ^ a b c d e Yermak replaces Bohdan as head of President's Office, 112 Ukraine (11 February 2020)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Who is Mr. Yermak? Lawyer. Businessman. Producer. Vice-president?". Ukrayinska Pravda. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Who is Mr Yermak? 10 quotes from the new head of the President's Office". . Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. ^ Andriy Yermak at IMDb
  6. ^ Another assistant to the President was film producer Ermak, Ukrinform (21 May 2019)
  7. ^ "Bohdan turbo mode. As he broke into the team of Zelensky and left the OPU head". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Andriy Yermak replaces Andriy Bohdan as head of presidential office". KyivPost. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 52/2020". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 February 2020.

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