Oleksii Reznikov

Oleksii Reznikov
Олексій Резніков
Official portrait, 2021
17th Minister of Defence
In office
4 November 2021 – 5 September 2023
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byAndriy Taran
Succeeded byRustem Umerov
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories
In office
4 March 2020 – 3 November 2021
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byOksana Koliada
Succeeded byIryna Vereshchuk
Personal details
Born (1966-06-18) 18 June 1966
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
PartyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
European Solidarity
EducationUniversity of Lviv
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch/service Soviet Air Forces
Years of service1984–1986
RankSergeant
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Oleksii Yuriiovych Reznikov (Ukrainian: Олексій Юрійович Резніков, IPA: [olekˈs⁽ʲ⁾ij ˈjur⁽ʲ⁾ijowɪtʃ ˈrɛz⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾ikou̯]; born 18 June 1966) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 4 November 2021 until his dismissal on 5 September 2023. Reznikov previously has served in several other positions in the government of Ukraine: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration from 2016 to 2018, and deputy mayor-secretary of the Kyiv City Council from June 2014 to December 2015.

Following his departure from politics, Reznikov focuses on academic and teaching work and as a business negotiator.