The government has changed in the DPR. An official from Moscow became prime minister

In the Donetsk People’s Republic, the government has changed. Head of DPR Denis Pushilin signed A decree on the resignation of Prime Minister Alexander Ananchenko and his Cabinet of Ministers.

Pushilin also noted that the old Cabinet will continue to fulfill its duties until a new government is formed. He added that many ministers will retain their seats.

Ananchenko has been heading the DPR government since October 2018. The head of the DPR thanked him for his fruitful work as prime minister and invited him to lead the development of the public sector.

Pushilin also announced the nomination of a new prime minister to the People’s Council – Vitaly Khotsenko, who since 2019 has been the director of the regional industrial policy and project management department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

candidacy for parliamentary parliament of the republic approved at an extraordinary general meeting

“Strengthen integration processes”

The decree on the appointment of Vitaly Khotsenko as head of the republican government was signed by Pushilin, the document has already come into force.

As the head of the DPR explained, the change of prime minister and government arose from the need to strengthen integration processes.

In contrast, newspaper sources vedomosti He claims that Khotsenko’s appointment was due to “the inefficiency of the previous team”.

The interlocutor of the publication noted that close to the government of the Russian Federation, often departmental directors of departments are reserved for the positions of regional ministers or deputy governors. “The fact that the department was sent to the entire prime minister of an entire state, far from being the resource manager, is an indication that there is no staff queue there,” he said.

Pushilin made two more staff appointments. Former Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing and Public Services of Russia Yevgeny Solntsev became Deputy Head of the Government of the Donetsk People’s Republic, and Alexander Kostomarov, who previously held the post of First Deputy Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region, took the post. First Deputy Head of Administration of the Head of the DPR.

What is known about the new prime minister of the DPR

Khotsenko was born in 1986 in Dnepropetrovsk. He graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in sociology, Singapore Marketing Institute (Business Administration), Specialized Law Institute (Law), RANEPA (State and Municipal Administration) and master’s degree (also in Moscow State). University). After the results of training in the military department, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant.

He also graduated from the fourth stream at the so-called school of governors. In 2019, when Khotsenko joined the Ministry of Industry and Trade, he was a finalist in the Leaders of Russia competition.

As follows from his biography, from 2008 to 2010 Khotsenko worked as the head of the analysis and forecasting department of the Yamal-District OGTRK. Since 2010, he has served in the authorities of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, and in 2013 became the Minister of Energy, Industry and Communications of the Stavropol Territory.

Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation declarationThat Khotsenko has proven himself worthy of being the regional minister of the industrial bloc and the curator of working with the regions.

The department also noted that the new appointment will be an opportunity for Khotsenko “to help his best professional and humanitarian qualities and skills solve problems related to the functioning of the DPR industrial complex.”