Mykhailo Fedorov
Mykhailo Albertovych Fedorov (Ukrainian: Михайло Альбертович Федоров; born 21 January 1991[1]) is a Ukrainian politician, state official, and private entrepreneur. Since 29 August 2019 Fedorov is the Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation.[2]
Mykhailo Fedorov Михайло Федоров | |
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Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Digital Transformation | |
Assumed office 29 August 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Oleksiy Honcharuk Denys Shmyhal |
Preceded by | new post |
People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
In office 29 August 2019 – 29 August 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mykhailo Albertovych Fedorov 21 January 1991 Vasylivka, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Political party | non-partisan |
Other political affiliations | 5.10 (2014–2019) |
Education | Zaporizhzhya National University |
Occupation | entrepreneur digital technology specialist |
Biography
Fedorov graduated from Zaporizhzhya National University.[3] In 2012 during a local student festival "2012 Student Republic", he was elected a "student mayor of Zaporizhia" at the festival replacing Andriy Bondarenko.[4]
Fedorov is the founder of SMM Studio.[5]
In 2014 Fedorov as a member of 5.10 political party unsuccessfully ran for the Verkhovna Rada in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election being 166th on the party list (at its tail).[6] The 5.10 political party (leader Hennadiy Balashov) did not pass the 5% passing threshold gaining only .42% during elections and placing 14th place among participating parties.
Following the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election Fedorov became an advisor to President Volodymyr Zelensky.[7]
Fedorov was on a party list of the Servant of the People political party during the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election,[8] yet himself is not a registered member of the party (non-partisan, according to the Central Election Commission).[9] Fedorov was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the election.[10]
On 29 August 2019 Fedorov was appointed as Minister of Digital Transformation in the Honcharuk Government.[2] He surrendered his deputy mandate upon his ministerial appointment. Fedorov's most important project as minister was set to be the so-called "state in a smartphone" project that was aiming that by 2024 100% of all government services should be available online with 20% of services provided automatically, without the intervention of an official, and 1 online fill-in form to receive a package of services "in any life situation".[11] On 5 November 2019 Fedorov wrote on Facebook that the "state in a smartphone" project would not be funded by the state budget in 2020 (but he hoped it would be in 2021) but that it would rely "on an effective team and international technical assistance, public-private partnerships, volunteering."[12] The following day Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk stressed that each government ministry had planned expenditures for digitization and that the Ministry of Digital Transformation did have a separate budget and that thus the state budget was sufficient to launch the "state in a smartphone" project in 2020. [13]
See also
- Honcharuk Government
- List of members of the parliament of Ukraine, 2019–24
References
- "Федоров Михайло Альбертович". Central Election Commission (in Ukrainian). Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- 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)
- "Список депутатів від партії «Cлуга Народу»". sluga-narodu.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- Unbelievable emotions in Zaporizhia (Неймовірні емоції у Запоріжжі). Student Republic. 16 July 2012.
- Grytsenko, Oksana; Hnatyuk, Vyacheslav (July 8, 2019). "What we know about people Zelensky will take to next parliament". Kyiv Post. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- Electoral list. Political party "5.10" (Виборчий список. Політична Партія "5.10"). Central Election Commission.
- "Expert discussion of 'a state in a smartphone' concept to begin next week". Interfax-Ukraine. June 7, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- "President Zelenskyy Announces His Party Members". Hromadske International. June 9, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- Mykhailo Fedorov. Central Election Commission.
- "Some 254 MPs enter Rada from Servant of the People, 124 MPs from other parties, 46 MPs self-appointed". Interfax-Ukraine. July 26, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- (in Ukrainian) Service without officials. How will the "state in the smartphone" Zelensky look and work, Ukrainska Pravda (30 September 2019)
- (in Ukrainian) On the "state in a smartphone" did not put money in the state budget, Ukrayinska Pravda (5 November 2019)
- (in Ukrainian) State budget will have enough money for "state in smartphone" - Goncharuk, Ukrayinska Pravda (6 November 2019)