Viktor Liashko

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Viktor Liashko
Віктор Ляшко
Ministry of Health of Ukraine
Assumed office
20 May 2021
Appointed byVerkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal[1]
MinisterMinister of Health of Ukraine
Preceded byMaksym Stepanov[1]
Personal details
Born (1980-04-24) April 24, 1980 (age 41)

Viktor Kyrylovych Liashko (Ukrainian: Віктор Кирилович Ляшко; born April 24, 1980) is a Ukrainian doctor. He has been Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine since May 20, 2021.[2][3] He was Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine from 2019 to 2021.

Biography[]

Viktor Liashko was born on April 24, 1980 in the village of Osova in Rivne Oblast. In 2003 he graduated from the Bogomolets National Medical University.

In 2003-2010, he worked in the sanitary-epidemiological service in Kyiv Oblast. Later he moved to the Ministry of Health, starting as a chief specialist, eventually becoming director of the State Sanitary Department of Ukraine.

From 2014 to February 2018, he serves as a Chairman of the NGO "Infection Control in Ukraine".[4]

From 2015 to 2018, he acted as a public health consultant in the "HIV Service Reform in Action", a 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, 2018, Liashko returned to the civil service, taking the position of Deputy Director General of the Center for Public Health.[5]

On December 24, 2019, Liashko was appointed to Deputy Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine Zoriana Skaletska. In this position, he participated in the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens from Wuhan (China) at the beginning of Covid-19 pandemic.

From March 11, 2020, he served as a Chief Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine.[6]

On May 20, 2021, he was appointed as the Minister of Health by the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament). The appointment was supported by 262 people's deputies of Ukraine.[1][7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Liashko appointed Ukraine's new Health Minister, UNIAN (20 May 2021)
  2. ^ Foundation, Thomson Reuters. "Ukraine appoints new health minister to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations". news.trust.org. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  3. ^ "Ukraine appoints new health minister to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations". nationalpost. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  4. ^ "Рада призначила Ляшка міністром охорони здоров'я". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  5. ^ "Хто замінить Степанова: біографія Віктора Ляшка". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  6. ^ Kitsoft. "Кабінет Міністрів України - Про призначення Ляшка В. К. заступником Міністра охорони здоров'я України — головним державним санітарним лікарем України". www.kmu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  7. ^ "Віктор Ляшко став новим міністром охорони здоров'я. Рада підтримала його призначення | Громадське телебачення". hromadske.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-05-20.
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