Mykola Solskyi

Ukrainian statesman and politician

Микола Сольский
Solskyi in 2021
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 March 2022PresidentVolodymyr ZelenskyyPrime MinisterDenys ShmyhalPreceded byRoman LeshchenkoPeople's Deputy of UkraineIn office
29 August 2019 – 24 March 2022 Personal detailsBorn (1979-05-22) 22 May 1979 (age 44)
Rosokhy, Staryi Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSRPolitical partyServant of the PeopleEducationUniversity of LvivOccupationstatesman
politician

Mykola Solskyi (Ukrainian: Микола Тарасович Сольский; born 22 May 1979) is a Ukrainian jurist and politician. On 24 March 2022, he was appointed as the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.[1] Solskyi was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019.[2]

In 2024 Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky as been named as a suspect in investigations into corruption. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine uncovered a scheme led by Solsky to illegally acquire state-owned land.[3]

Biography

In 2000, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lviv, majoring in “Jurisprudence”, where he qualified as a lawyer.[4] Since 2007 he is co-founder of Ukrainian Agrarian Holding.

On July 21, 2019, he was elected a People's Deputy of Ukraine.[4]

On August 29, 2019, he was elected Chairman of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Agrarian and Land Policy in the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada.[4]

On March 24, 2022, Mykola Solskyi was appointed as the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.[5]

See also

  • Shmyhal Government

References

  1. ^ "Solsky Mykola". Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
  2. ^ "Сольський Микола Тарасович". lb.ua (in Ukrainian). 22 December 2023.
  3. ^ Ukraine’s farm minister Solsky named as suspect in corruption case, swissinfo.ch, 13 April 2024
  4. ^ a b c "Сольський Микола Тарасович". slovoidilo.ua (in Ukrainian). 16 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Сольський призначений новим міністром агрополітики". slovoidilo.ua (in Ukrainian). 24 March 2022.

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