Svitlana Hrynchuk
Svitlana Hrynchuk | |
|---|---|
Світлана Гринчук | |
 Hrynchuk in 2022 | |
| Minister of Energy | |
| Assumed office 17 July 2025 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Prime Minister | Yulia Svyrydenko |
| Preceded by | Herman Halushchenko |
| Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources | |
| In office 5 September 2024 – 17 July 2025 Acting: 16–17 July 2025 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal |
| Preceded by | Ruslan Strilets |
| Succeeded by | Oleksii Sobolev (as the Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1985 Chernivtsi, Ukraine, Soviet Union[1] |
Svitlana Vasylivna Hrynchuk (Ukrainian: Світлана Василівна Гринчук; born 11 November 1985) is a Ukrainian politician who has served as the Minister of Energy of Ukraine since 17 July 2025.[2] Previously, she has served as the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources from 2024 to 2025 in the government of Denys Shmyhal.[3] From 2023 to 2024, she served as Deputy Minister of Energy.[4] From 2022 to 2023, she served as Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources.[5]
Early life
Hrynchuk was bron on 11 November 1985 in Chernivtsi, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR.[1] In 2008 she graduated from the Chernivtsi Institute of Trade and Economics at the State University of Trade and Economics.[6] She then, in 2013, defended her PhD thesis and received the title of Candidate of Sciences, specifically in economics.[7] Her thesis was on the development of mortgages in agriculture in Ukraine.[7]
Career
From 2016 to 2019 she was Director of the Department for Climate Change and Ozone Protection in the Ministry of Environment.[8] In 2019 she became an adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, advising on environmental protection and climate change issues.[1] In 2020 she became an advisor to the Minister of Finance, who was Serhiy Marchenko at the time of her appointment.[8] From 2022 to 2023 she was then Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, and then from 2023 to 2024 she was Deputy Minister of Energy.[4][5]
Personal life
She was married to Vyacheslav Grinchuk, who is an entrepreneur in the operation of attractions and theme parks and the founder of the organization "Office of Independent Environmentalists".[9] In 2022, Hrynchuk stopped mentioning him in official declarations.[9] Together, they had one daughter, Yulia.[9]
References
- ^ a b c "Гринчук Світлана". LIGA (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Рада призначила Гринчук новою міністеркою енергетики". Економічна правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ "Ukrainian parliament approves appointment of eight ministers". The Kyiv Independent. 5 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Рада призначила міністром захисту довкілля та природних ресурсів Світлану Гринчук" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Independent Information Agency. 5 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Svitlana Hrynchuk is the new head of the Ministry of Environment". EcoPolitica. 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Чернівецький торговельно-економічний інститут Державного торговельно-економічного університету". 14 August 2024. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Гринчук Светлана Васильевна". Regio News (in Russian). 25 September 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Сибіга, Стефанішина і компанія. Хто ці люди, яких призначили міністрами". BBC (in Ukrainian). 5 September 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Зміни клімату та євроінтеграція: біографія Світлани Гринчук, яка очолила Міндовкілля". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). 5 September 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.