Sergei Koretsky was approved for the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine

On July 16, the Verkhovna Rada approved the head of the board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, Sergei Koretsky, to the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine.

289 people’s deputies voted for his candidacy, nominated by President Vladimir Zelensky, at a parliamentary meeting on Thursday, the Interfax-Ukraine agency reports.

As prime minister, Koretsky replaced the former head of the Ukrainian government Yulia Sviridenko, who held this position for exactly one year, from July 17, 2025.

Koretsky was born on March 14, 1978 in Lutsk. He received his higher education at the Lutsk Technical University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics, as well as at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas with a degree in Oil and Gas Production. He worked his way up from a junior analyst at the Continuum group of companies (since 1999) to the General Director of the Continuum company (since 2007). From 2013 to the end of 2018, he developed the business of the WOG gas station network as CEO. After which he began implementing his own projects. He was a co-founder and head of the board of energy trader Centurion Group SA (Switzerland). Since November 9, 2022, he held the position of director of PJSC Ukrnafta and PJSC Ukrtatnafta. Since May 14, 2025 – Head of the Board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. According to the “Honestly” movement, in 2002-2006 and 2012-2014 he was an assistant to the People’s Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the IV and VII convocations on a voluntary basis Igor Eremeev. In 2006, he ran for the Volyn Regional Council of the 5th convocation from the Lytvyn People’s Bloc, as well as for the Verkhovna Rada of the 5th convocation from the same Bloc. In 2007-2012, he was a voluntary assistant to the People’s Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the VI convocation, Ekaterina Vashchuk, elected from the Lytvyn Bloc. Koretsky declared UAH 32.3 million in income for 2025, land plots with a total area of ​​261.6 thousand square meters. m in the Donetsk region, six watches from Rolex, Patek Philippe, Breguet, OPUS and Ulysse Nardin and others.