KYIV: Ukraine’s parliament voted today to appoint Yulia Svyrydenko as the country’s new prime minister, opposition lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko wrote on Telegram.
He said 262 lawmakers voted for Svyrydenko, a comfortable majority in the 450-seat parliament.
Her appointment was supported by president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Svyrydenko, 39, has served as economy minister and one of Ukraine’s deputy prime ministers since November 2021.
A photograph of the electronic vote table in the chamber posted by another lawmaker, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, showed 22 votes against her appointment and 26 abstentions.