Ihor Zhdanov


Ihor Oleksandrovych Zhdanov 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.

Biography

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