Oleksiy Orzhel

Oleksiy Anatoliyovych Orzhel (Ukrainian: Олексій Анатолійович Оржель; born 26 January 1984[2]) is a Ukrainian energy expert and politician. He is a former Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine (from August 2019 until 4 March 2020).[3][4]

Oleksiy Orzhel
Олексій Оржель
Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine
In office
29 August 2019 – 4 March 2020
Prime MinisterOleksiy Honcharuk
Preceded byIhor Nasalyk (Energy)
Ostap Semerak (Environment)
Succeeded byVitaliy Shubin (Acting)[1]
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
29 August 2019 – 29 August 2019
Personal details
Born
Oleksiy Anatoliyovych Orzhel

(1984-01-26) 26 January 1984
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyServant of the People
EducationKyiv Polytechnic Institute
Occupationenergy expert
politician

Biography

Orzhel graduated from the Institute of Energy Saving and Energy Management at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.[5]

He was the Head of the Energy Sector at the Better Regulation Delivery Office.[6] From 2006 to 2014, Orzhel worked at the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities.[7]

Head of the Ukrainian Association of Renewable Energy.[7]

He was on a party list of the Servant of the People political party during the 2019 parliamentary elections,[8] yet himself is not a registered member of the party (non-partisan, according to the Central Election Commission).[9] Orzhel was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019.[10] He surrendered his deputy mandate upon his ministerial appointment on 29 August 2019.

See also

References
  1. Ukraine's government appoints Olha Buslavets acting energy minister, UNIAN (16)
  2. "Оржель Олексій Анатолійович". Central Election Commission (in Ukrainian). Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  3. Iwański, Tadeusz; Matuszak, Sławomir (2019-08-30). "Government of experts in Ukraine". Centre for Eastern Studies. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  4. Parliament votes to accept PM Honcharuk's resignation, Cabinet disbands PM Honcharuk's resignation was backed by parliament / 04 March 2020 / Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/m/politics/10901798-parliament-votes-to-accept-pm-honcharuk-s-resignation-cabinet-disbands.html
  5. "Оржель Олексій Анатолійович". Government of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  6. "Oleksii Orzhel". BRDO. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  7. "Meet the Ministers: What We Know About Ukraine's New Cabinet". Hromadske International. August 30, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  8. "President Zelenskyy Announces His Party Members". Hromadske International. June 9, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  9. "Народний депутат України". Верховна Рада України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  10. "Some 254 MPs enter Rada from Servant of the People, 124 MPs from other parties, 46 MPs self-appointed". Interfax-Ukraine. July 26, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
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