Ukrainian president replaces envoys, dismisses property officials

Ukrainian president replaces envoys, dismisses property officials

Interfax-Ukraine news agency, Kiev
22 Jun 05

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has relieved Mykhaylo Reznyk of
his duties as Ukrainian ambassador to the USA and also to Antigua and
Barbuda, the Interfax-Ukraine reported at 1308 gmt on 22 June, quoting
the presidential press service.

According to the same report, Yushchenko dismissed Volodymyr Tyahlo as
Ukraine’s ambassador to Armenia and cancelled the presidential decree
dated 31 December 2004 appointing Oleksandr Bozhko as Ukraine’s
ambassador to Kyrgyzstan. Instead, Yushchenko appointed Tyahlo as
ambassador to Kyrgyzstan and Bozhko as ambassador to Armenia.

He also dismissed the Ukrainian ambassador to Slovakia, Serhiy Ustych,
the agency said.

Interfax-Ukraine reported at 1305 gmt that Yushchenko had promoted
Inna Yemelyanova from deputy justice minister to first deputy justice
minister.

In another report at 1233 gmt, Interfax-Ukraine said that on 21 June
Yushchenko dismissed Oleksandr Bondar and Leonid Kalnychenko from the
posts of first deputy heads of the State Property Fund. He also
relieved Vladyslav Zburzhynskyy of his duties as deputy head of the
State Property Fund.

Yushchenko also accepted the resignation of another first deputy head
of the State Property Fund, Yevhen Hryhorenko, the agency said.