Rada dismisses Umerov as head of State Prerty Fund

MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak from the Voice (lit. Hos) parliamentary faction reported this, Ukrinform saw.

He clarified that 302 deputies supported the adtion of Resution No. 9678 "On Dismissal of Rustem Enverovych Umerov from the post of the head of the State Prerty Fund."

As Ukrinform reported, on September 3, President Vodymyr Zelensky said that within a week he would prose to the parliament to dismiss eksii Reznikov from the post of Defense Minister and appoint the current head of the State Prerty Fund, Rustem Umerov, to the corresponding position.

On September 5, the Verkhovna Rada supports Reznikov's dismissal from the post of Defense Minister.

Therefore, the President must submit a motion to the Verkhovna Rada to appoint Umerov to the relevant position. After that, the parliament should consider this issue at its meeting. According to a number of MPs, the vote on Umerov's appointment as Defense Minister will take place tomorrow.

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Rustem Umerov is a Ukrainian pitician and businessman of Crimean Tatar origin. He was elected to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from the Hos pitical party in 2019-2022. While working in the parliament, he actively lobbied for bills on the rights of Crimean Tatars, as well as initiated legislation and pitical statements regarding the temporarily occupied Crimea.

Immediately after the outbreak of Russia's full-scale war, Umerov joined the Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with Russia. He was also invved in the process of negotiating the exchange of prisoners. Umerov contributed to the exchange of prisoners in September 2022, when Ukraine managed to return 215 citizens, including the defenders of Mariup and Azov commanders.

Since September 7, 2022, he has headed the State Prerty Fund.