Oleksii Reznikov
Oleksii Reznikov | |
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Олексій Резніков | |
Official portrait, 2021 | |
| 17th Minister of Defence | |
| In office 4 November 2021 – 5 September 2023 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal |
| Preceded by | Andriy Taran |
| Succeeded by | Rustem Umerov |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories | |
| In office 4 March 2020 – 3 November 2021 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal |
| Preceded by | Oksana Koliada |
| Succeeded by | Iryna Vereshchuk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 June 1966 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | European Solidarity |
| Education | University of Lviv |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch/service | Soviet Air Forces |
| Years of service | 1984–1986 |
| Rank | Sergeant |
Oleksii Yuriiovych Reznikov (Ukrainian: Олексій Юрійович Резніков, IPA: [olekˈs⁽ʲ⁾ij ˈjur⁽ʲ⁾ijowɪtʃ ˈrɛz⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾ikou̯]; born 18 June 1966) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 4 November 2021 until his dismissal on 5 September 2023. Reznikov previously has served in several other positions in the government of Ukraine: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration from 2016 to 2018, and deputy mayor-secretary of the Kyiv City Council from June 2014 to December 2015.