Zelensky proposed to appoint Umerov, a native of Uzbekistan, as Minister of Defense
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Oleksiy Reznikov leaves the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine. Rustam Umerov can take his place. Umerov was born in Samarkand to a family of Crimean Tatar Muslims.
Oleksiy Reznikov leaves the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in his address of September 3.
Zelensky proposed instead of Reznikov to appoint Rustem Umerov as Minister of Defense, who now heads the State Property Fund of Ukraine.
"I decided to change the Minister of Defense of Ukraine. Oleksiy Reznikov survived a full-scale war that lasted more than 550 days. I think that the ministry needs new approaches and other forms of interaction both with the military and with society as a whole. Now the ministry should be headed by Rustam Umerov. I I expect that the parliament will support this candidate," the President of Ukraine said.
Rustam Umerov was born in 1982 in Samarkand into a family of Crimean Tatar Muslims from the Crimean peninsula. His father Anvar Umerov was a process engineer and his mother Maryam Umerova was a chemical engineer. They were deported from their homeland to Uzbekistan by the Soviet authorities along with the Crimean Tatar people on May 18, 1944. In 2015, the Verkhovna Rada recognized this deportation as a genocide of the Crimean Tatar people. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Umerov family returned to Ukraine.
Rustam Umerov is one of the founders of the public organization "Society of Crimean Tatars", and was also an adviser to the leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Dzhemilev. In 2019, he became a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada. Umerov has been heading the State Property Fund of Ukraine since 2022.
Oleksiy Reznikov has headed the Ukrainian Defense Ministry since November 2021. Information about his resignation first appeared in Ukraine in early 2023 after the dismissal of several high-ranking officials, including deputy defense ministers, due to corruption scandals.
Zelensky proposed instead of Reznikov to appoint Rustem Umerov as Minister of Defense, who now heads the State Property Fund of Ukraine.
"I decided to change the Minister of Defense of Ukraine. Oleksiy Reznikov survived a full-scale war that lasted more than 550 days. I think that the ministry needs new approaches and other forms of interaction both with the military and with society as a whole. Now the ministry should be headed by Rustam Umerov. I I expect that the parliament will support this candidate," the President of Ukraine said.
Rustam Umerov was born in 1982 in Samarkand into a family of Crimean Tatar Muslims from the Crimean peninsula. His father Anvar Umerov was a process engineer and his mother Maryam Umerova was a chemical engineer. They were deported from their homeland to Uzbekistan by the Soviet authorities along with the Crimean Tatar people on May 18, 1944. In 2015, the Verkhovna Rada recognized this deportation as a genocide of the Crimean Tatar people. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Umerov family returned to Ukraine.
Rustam Umerov is one of the founders of the public organization "Society of Crimean Tatars", and was also an adviser to the leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Dzhemilev. In 2019, he became a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada. Umerov has been heading the State Property Fund of Ukraine since 2022.
Oleksiy Reznikov has headed the Ukrainian Defense Ministry since November 2021. Information about his resignation first appeared in Ukraine in early 2023 after the dismissal of several high-ranking officials, including deputy defense ministers, due to corruption scandals.
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