Olena Shulyak headed the Servant of the People party of Ukrainian President Zelensky , who previously served as the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada. This was reported by the party's press secretary Yulia Paliychuk on the Telegram channel.
According to her, the decision to appoint a new leader of the political force was made at a meeting of the faction on Monday, November 15. Shulyak's candidacy was nominated by the former head of Zelensky's party Alexander Kornienko.
“Without exaggeration, Elena is a fighter devoted to the cause of our president, his course towards building modern Ukraine. She is an experienced manager and already a politician who managed to achieve the adoption of a number of important reforms and initiatives, “Kornienko said.
On November 8, Kornienko decided to resign. As Paliychuk explained then, Kornienko decided to focus more deeply on reforming the work of the Verkhovna Rada in the position of first vice speaker.
On October 19, the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada elected the head of the ruling Servant of the People party Alexander Kornienko as the first vice-speaker instead of Ruslan Stefanchuk , who earlier received the post of chairman of parliament.
Personnel changes in the party became more frequent after the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Dmitry Razumkov, was dismissed on October 7. The reason for this was his criticism of Zelensky.