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Birth Name: Denys Anatoliiovych Shmyhal
Place of Birth: Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)
Date of Birth: 15 October, 1975
Ethnicity: Ukrainian
Denys Shmyhal is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur. He has been First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, and Minister of Energy, both, since 14 January, 2026. He was previously Prime Minister of Ukraine , from 4 March, 2020 to 17 July, 2025; as well as, Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, from 1 August, 2019 to 5 February, 2020, Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing, from 4 February, 2020 to 4 March, 2020, and Minister of Defense, from 17 July, 2025 to 13 January, 2026.
He is the son of Iryna Feliksovna and Anatolii Ivanovych Shmyhal. Prime Minister Shmyhal is married to Kateryna Anatoliyivna Dovgan, with whom he has two children.
Prime Minister Shmyhal’s paternal grandfather was named Ivan Shmyhal.
Prime Minister Shmyhal’s maternal grandfather was named Feliks.
Source: https://en.thepage.ua