Ihor Zhdanov

Ihor Oleksandrovych Zhdanov (Ukrainian: Ігор Олександрович Жданов; 29 December 1967 in Vinnytsia[1]) is a Ukrainian politician who served as the Minister of Youth and Sports in both the Yatsenyuk Government and in the Groysman Government. Zhdanov is also the president of the Open Politics analytical center.[2]

This article is about the Ukrainian politician. For Latvian chess master, see Igor Zhdanov.
Ihor Zhdanov
Ігор Жданов
3rd Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine
In office
2 December 2014 – 29 August 2019
Prime MinisterArseniy Yatsenyuk
Preceded byDmytro Bulatov
Succeeded byVolodymyr Borodiansky
Personal details
Born
Ігор Олександрович Жданов

(1967-12-29) 29 December 1967
Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR
EducationKyiv University (1992) – History
Kyiv University (1994) – Justice
University of West London (1996)

Biography

He was elected to the Ukrainian Parliament in 2014 as a member of the Fatherland party.[3][1] When Fatherland left the Yatsenyuk Government on 17 February 2016, Zhdanov refused to resign and was subsequently expelled from Fatherland.[4] However, he retained his position in the Groysman Government, which was installed on 14 April 2016.[5] He continued to serve as a minister until the Honcharuk government was established on 29 August 2019.[6]

References
  1. (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
  2. Profile Archived 2014-12-11 at the Wayback Machine on Golos.ua (in Ukrainian)
  3. Profile Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine on official website of Ukrainian parliament (in Ukrainian)
  4. "Fatherland" expelled from the party Zhdanova, Ukrainska Pravda (17 February 2016)(in Ukrainian)
  5. New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
  6. New Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ), Ukrayinska Pravda (29 August 2019)


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