Rada profile committee supports Khmara's candidacy for defense minister – MP Zhelezniak
People’s Deputy of Ukraine (Holos faction) Yaroslav Zhelezniak said that the relevant committee of the Verkhovna Rada unanimously supported the candidacy of Yevhen Khmara, proposed the previous day by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the post of head of the defense ministry.
Ukrainian opposition MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak announced on Telegram that the relevant committee of the Verkhovna Rada unanimously backed Yevhen Khmara's candidacy for Defense Minister. The Defense Committee voted 15 in favor unanimously, according to Zhelezniak. On July 16, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's proposed Khmara for the defense minister position was approved by the Verkhovna Rada following PM Serhiy Koretsky's cabinet appointment submission.
However, foreign minister and defense minister positions were not officially appointed until July 20. On July 17, Khmara was temporarily reassigned from his duties as SBU head and SBU Special Operations Center A leader. A draft resolution to appoint Khmara as Defense Minister was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada on August 18, under resolution number 15523.
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