Andrii Zahorodniuk

{{Family name hatnote|Pavlovych|Zahorodniuk|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Andrii Zahorodniuk

| native_name = {{nobold|Андрій Загороднюк}}

| native_name_lang = uk

| image = Андрій Загороднюк КМУ.jpg

| office = 15th Minister of Defence of Ukraine

| primeminister = Oleksiy Honcharuk

| term_start = 29 August 2019

| term_end = 4 March 2020

| predecessor = Stepan Poltorak

| successor = Andriy Taran

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|12|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)

| education = •Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
•University of Warwick
•Saïd Business School
• University of Oxford

| occupation = Politician

| nationality = Ukrainian

| otherparty =

| president = Volodymyr Zelensky

| party =

}}

Andrii Pavlovych Zahorodniuk ({{langx|uk|Андрій Павлович Загороднюк}}; born 5 December 1976{{cite web|url=https://www.kmu.gov.ua/ua/profile/andriy-zagorodnyuk|title=Загороднюк Андрій Павлович|work=Government of Ukraine|access-date=September 3, 2019|language=uk}}) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician.{{cite web|url=https://www.unian.info/politics/10668642-zelensky-introduces-new-defense-minister-zahorodniuk.html|title=Zelensky introduces new Defense Minister Zahorodniuk|work=UNIAN|date=August 30, 2019|access-date=September 3, 2019}} From 2015 to 2017, Zahorodniuk headed the Reform Project Office at the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. He was the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 29 August 2019 to 4 March 2020.{{cite web|url=https://112.international/ukraine-top-news/new-faces-of-ukrainian-cabinet-who-is-who-in-government-under-pm-honcharuk-43103.html|title=New faces of Ukrainian Cabinet: Who is who in government under PM Honcharuk?|work=112.International|last=Lebed|first=Natalia|date=August 30, 2019|access-date=September 3, 2019}}[https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-s-new-parliament-has-action-packed-agenda-for-first-session/30134531.html Ukrainian Lawmakers Approve Political Novice Honcharuk As Prime Minister], Radio Free Europe (29 August 2019)
[https://www.unian.info/politics/10902101-ukrainian-lawmakers-appoint-andriy-taran-as-new-defense-minister.html Ukrainian lawmakers appoint Andriy Taran as new defense minister], UNIAN (4 March 2020)

Biography

Zahorodniuk studied law at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He also graduated from Warwick University and Oxford University.{{cite web|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/meet-ukraines-new-defense-minister.html|title=Meet Ukraine's new defense minister|work=Kyiv Post|last=Ponomarenko|first=Illia|author-link=Illia Ponomarenko |date=August 29, 2019|access-date=September 3, 2019}}

From 2005 to 2015 Zahorodniuk was the CEO of “Discovery Drilling Equipment Company”.{{cite web|url=https://expro.com.ua/en/tidings/andrii-zahorodniuk-of-discovery-de-has-appointed-minister-of-defense|title=Andrii Zahorodniuk of Discovery DE has appointed Minister of Defense|work=ExPro Consulting|date=August 30, 2019|access-date=September 3, 2019}}

From 2015 to 2017, Zahorodniuk headed the Reform Project Office at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. In 2018 he was a member of the Reform Project Office under the Ministry of Defense.{{cite web|url=https://en.hromadske.ua/posts/meet-the-ministers-what-we-know-about-ukraines-new-cabinet|title=Meet the Ministers: What We Know About Ukraine's New Cabinet|work=Hromadske International|date=August 30, 2019|access-date=September 3, 2019}}

Zahorodniuk became an advisor to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky after Zelensky was elected president in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election.{{cite web|url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/609887.html|title=Candidacy of Andriy Zahorodniuk proposed to post of defense minister of Ukraine – MP from Servant of the People Yaremenko|work=Interfax-Ukraine|date=August 29, 2019|access-date=September 3, 2019}}

On 9 July 2019, President Zelensky appointed Zahorodniuk to serve as a Member of the supervisory board at Ukroboronprom.

On 29 August 2019 Zahorodniuk was appointed Minister of Defence in the Honcharuk Government. On 4 March 2020 he was succeeded (in this post) by Andrii Taran.

After his resignation as Defence Minister, Zahorodniuk became the Chairman of the “Centre for Defense Strategies”.{{Cite web |title=Our approach |url=https://defence.org.ua/en/our-approach/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Centre for Defence Strategies |language=en-GB}} The CDS is a Ukrainian security think tank that is involved in security studies, defence policy research and advocacy.

Family

In July 2020 the Central Election Commission of Ukraine recognised Zahorodniuk's wife {{ill|Alina Sviderska|uk|Свідерська Аліна Валеріївна}} as a new People's Deputy of Ukraine for Voice, after Svyatoslav Vakarchuk's mandate was prematurely terminated, but she refused to take this position so Vakarchuk in Parliament was replaced by Andriy Sharaskin.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/10/8/7269289/ "Cyborg" Sharaskin will join the Voice Council, Sviderska changed her mind], Ukrayinska Pravda (8 October 2020)