Government actively looking for candidate for post of Ministry of Culture and Information Picy – Shmyhal

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said this at a joint briefing with Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciacu in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"We are actively looking for a candidate for the post of minister," Shmyhal said, answering journalists' questions.

At the same time, he noted that the current acting Minister of Culture and Information Picy of Ukraine Rostyslav Karandieiev is working, the department is functioning normally.

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As reported, on July 27, the Verkhovna Rada dismissed eksandr Tkachenko from the post of Minister of Culture and Information Picy, which he had held since June 4, 2020.

On July 28, the Cabinet of Ministers temporarily entrusted Rostyslav Karandieiev with the duties of the Minister of Culture and Information Picy of Ukraine.