Andriy Smyrnov
Андрій Олександрович Смирнов
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
In office
September 10, 2019 – present
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Personal details
Born (1981-01-20) 20 January 1981
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Alma materNational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Occupationjurist, statesman

Andriy Smyrnov (Ukrainian: Андрій Олександрович Смирнов; born 20 January 1981, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian statesman and jurist. He is currently the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.[1] In 2019, Smyrnov together with Hennadiy Korban threatened Ukrainian activist Roman Ratushnyi (who died in 2022 in battles with the Russian occupiers) so that Roman would stop protecting the Protasiv Yar tract in Kyiv, where Korban's company planned to build a high-rise residential complex.[2][3]

Early life

In 2003, he graduated from the Law Faculty of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Specialist in the field of law.[4] Worked in state and local government.[5]

Andriy Smyrnov was the Head of the Legal Department of the State Committee for the State Material Reserve, the deputy director of the Economic Support Department of the Security Service of Ukraine, and the Head of the Land Resources Department of Zaporizhzhia.[6]

Since 2012, he has been a member of the supervisory board of the State Banking Institution Ukrainian Bank for Reconstruction and Development.[6]

Political activity

He was an assistant to MPs Valeriy Karpuntsov (7th convocation) and Andriy Denysenko (8th convocation).[7]

In 2014, he was a candidate for the People's Deputy of Ukraine in constituency 49 (Donetsk Oblast) as a self-nominated candidate.[8]

In the 2015 Ukrainian local elections, Andriy Smyrnov ran for the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council from the UKROP party and was elected. In December 2015, he headed the Regional Council's Standing Committee on Communal Property, Housing and Utilities.[9]

On September 10, 2019, he became the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, where he deals with legal policy, law enforcement and judicial systems. He is a member of the National Council on Anti-Corruption Policy (since June 1, 2020).[10]

Recognition

In December 2021, Smyrnov took 23rd place in the top 100 most influential people of Ukraine, according to Focus magazine.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 10 September 2019 year № 675/2019 «Про призначення А.Смирнова Заступником Керівника Офісу Президента України» (in Ukrainian)
  2. ↑ "«Ця країна мене не кине». Під Ізюмом загинув Роман Ратушний. Згадуємо активіста й полеглого воїна". hromadske.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  3. ↑ "Заступник голови ОП висловлював погрози активістові". Збруч (in Ukrainian). 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  4. ↑ Смирнов Андрій Олександрович Archived 26 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine // Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council.
  5. ↑ "Smyrnov Law Office". Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  6. 1 2 Структура Офісу Archived 20 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine president.gov.ua
  7. ↑ "Смирнов Андрій Олександрович, помічник народного детутата". Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Відомості про кандидата в народні депутати України Archived 4 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine cvk.gov.ua
  9. ↑ Головними по «комуналці» Дніпропетровщини призначили адвокатів Корбана Archived 24 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine Depo.Дніпро (16 December 2015)
  10. ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 1 June 2020 year № 207/2020 «Питання діяльності Національної ради з питань антикорупційної політики» (in Ukrainian)
  11. ↑ "#23 Андрей Смирнов в рейтинге "Зеленский vs Ахметов. 100 самых влиятельных украинцев по версии журнала Фокус"". focus.ua. Focus. 13 December 2021.
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