Viktor Kyrylovych Liashko (; born 24 April 1980) is a Ukrainian politician and physician. He has been Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine since 20 May 2021. He was Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine from 2019 to 2021.

Biography

Viktor Liashko was born on 24 April 1980 in the village of Osova in

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. In 2003 he graduated from the

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. From 2003 to 2010, he worked in the sanitary and epidemiological service of

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. Later, he moved to the Ministry of Health, starting as a chief specialist and eventually becoming director of the State Sanitary Department of Ukraine. From 2014 to February 2018, he served as a Chairman of the Non-governmental organization "Infection Control in Ukraine". From 2015 to 2018, he acted as a public health consultant in the "HIV Service Reform in Action", a

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(USAID) project. In addition, from 2014 to 2016, Viktor Liashko was one of the experts in the Reanimation Package of Reforms NGO. In 2018, Viktor Liashko was a member of the public organization "Health Platform". The same year, Liashko returned to the civil service, taking the position of Deputy Director General of the Centre for Public Health. On 24 December 2019, Liashko was appointed as Deputy Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine, serving under Zoriana Skaletska. In this position, he participated in the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens from

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at the beginning of

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. From 11 March 2020, he served as a Chief Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine. On 20 May 2021, he was appointed as the Minister of Health of Ukraine by the

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(the Ukrainian parliament). The appointment was supported by 262 people's deputies of Ukraine.

Family

He is married. His wife is Iryna. Has a daughter, Daria.

Awards

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, 3rd class (23 August 2022).

References

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