Ihor Zhdanov

Ihor Oleksandrovych Zhdanov (Ukrainian: Ігор Олександрович Жданов; 29 December 1967 in Vinnytsia[1]) is a Ukrainian politician who was the Minister of Youth and Sports in the Yatsenyuk Government and in the Groysman Government. Zhdanov is the president of the Open Politics analytical center.[2]

This article is about the Ukrainian politician. For Latvian chess master, see Igor Zhdanov.

Ihor Zhdanov Ігор Жданов
3rd Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine
In office 2 December 2014 – 29 August 2019
Prime Minister	Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Preceded by	Dmytro Bulatov
Succeeded by	Volodymyr Borodiansky
Personal details
Born	Ігор Олександрович Жданов (1967-12-29) 29 December 1967 Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR
Education	Kiev University (1992) – History Kiev University (1994) – Justice University of West London (1996)

Biography

He was elected into the Ukrainian Parliament in 2014 as a member of the Fatherland party.[3][1] When Fatherland left the Yatsenyuk Government on 17 February 2016 Zhdanov refused to resign and hence was expelled from Fatherland.[4] He retained his post in the Groysman Government (installed on 14 April 2016).[5] He stayed on has minister until on 29 August 2019 the Honcharuk government was installed.[6]

References

1. (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
2. Profile Archived 2014-12-11 at the Wayback Machine on Golos.ua (in Ukrainian)
3. Profile on official website of Ukrainian parliament (in Ukrainian)
4. "Fatherland" expelled from the party Zhdanova, Ukrainska Pravda (17 February 2016)(in Ukrainian)
5. New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
6. New Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ), Ukrayinska Pravda (29 August 2019)

Political offices
Preceded by Dmytro Bulatov	Minister of Youth and Sports 2014–2019	Succeeded by Volodymyr Borodiansky