Government appoints acting heads of State Customs Service, Food Safety Service

Government appoints acting heads of State Customs Service, Food Safety Service

Ukrinform
The Cabinet of Ministers appointed Serhiy Zviagintsev as acting head of the State Customs Service, and Olha Shevchenko as acting head of the State Service on Food Safety and Consumer Protection.

Taras Melnychuk, the government's permanent representative in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

“Temporarily, the duties of the head of the State Customs Service of Ukraine have been entrusted to Serhiy Borysovych Zviagintsev; [the duties of] the head of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection to Olha Petrivna Shevchenko," Melnychuk wrote.  

According to him, the government dismissed Yuriy Sotnyk as first deputy head of the State Forest Resources Agency, Oleksandr Shchutskyi as first deputy head of the State Customs Service, and Andrii Lordkipanidze as deputy head of the State Service on Food Safety and Consumer Protection.

In addition, the Cabinet of Ministers removed Deputy Head of the State Customs Service, Ruslan Cherkasskyi, from office and initiated disciplinary proceedings.

As reported earlier, David Arakhamia, head of the "Servants of the People" parliamentary faction, announced the handing over of suspicion notices to high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Defense and the dismissal of the entire leadership of the State Customs Service.

iy

While citing and using any materials on the Internet, links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory. In addition, citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet. Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No. 270/96-VR of July 3, 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No. 2849-Х of March 31, 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice.

© 2015-2024 Ukrinform. All rights reserved.

Extended searchHide extended search
By period:
-