Ihor Oleksandrovych Zhdanov (; 29 December 1967) is a Ukrainian politician who served as the Minister of Youth and Sports in both the Yatsenyuk Government and in the Groysman Government. Zhdanov is also the president of the ''Open Politics'' analytical center.

Biography

He was elected to the

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in 2014 as a member of the Fatherland party. When Fatherland left the Yatsenyuk Government on 17 February 2016, Zhdanov refused to resign and was subsequently expelled from Fatherland."Fatherland" expelled from the party Zhdanova

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(17 February 2016) However, he retained his position in the Groysman Government, which was installed on 14 April 2016.New Cabinet formed in Ukraine

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(14 April 2016) He continued to serve as a minister until the Honcharuk government was established on 29 August 2019.New Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ)

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(29 August 2019) On August 29, 2019, Volodymyr Groysman's government resigned in accordance with Article 115 of the Constitution of Ukraine before the newly elected Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and Ihor Zhdanov was dismissed from the post of Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine. Since December 2019, he has been a mentor of the USAID RADA Program: Responsible Accountable Democratic Parliamentary Representation. Since January 1, 2020, he has been a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA Foundation Board Member), elected by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

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1967 births Living people Politicians from Vinnytsia Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni Ukrainian political scientists Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Youth and sport ministers of Ukraine Our Ukraine (political party) politicians Batkivshchyna politicians People's Front (Ukraine) politicians People of the Euromaidan {{Ukraine-politician-stub