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Former NJSC Naftogaz Ukraine CEO Yuriy Vitrenko said he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada failed to support his candidacy for the post of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy.
Former NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy Chief Executive Officer Yuriy Vitrenko, who did not receive the support of deputies from the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for the post of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, remains open to government job proposals. This was stated on December 18 in an interview with Radio Svoboda.
“If the faction proposes me again, I won’t be able to say ‘no’. …
According to him, after the vote in the Rada, he was summoned by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Vitrenko said this was not the first meeting with the head of state, but said it was unethical to retell the essence of their dialogue.
“The president also has a fighting spirit, in general and with me in particular,” Vitrenko added.
Vitrenko has collaborated with Naftogaz since 2002. He was an advisor to the company’s leaders, in 2004-2005 he served as head of one of the NAK departments. In 2014 he returned to Naftogaz, he was director of business development, since 2018–Go was the CEO. It participated in the Stockholm Arbitration, which satisfied Ukraine’s claims in disputes with Gazprom over the purchase and transit of Russian gas. is he work completed in the company in July 2020–he.
On December 15, he was interviewed by President Volodymyr Zelensky and deputies of the Servant of the People. December 17 The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy and Public Services did not support his appointment to the post of First – Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Energy of Ukraine. On the same day, the Rada refused to support Vitrenko’s candidacy. Voted for 186 popular deputies with the required minimum 226.
Parliament plans to return to this issue in January, said the head of the Servants of the People faction, David Arakhamia.
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