Mykhailo Podoliak
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Mykhailo Podolyak Михайло Подоляк | |
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| Adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office April 2020 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
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| Born | 16 February 1972 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Education | Minsk Medical Institute |
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Mykhailo Mykhailovych Podolyak[1] (Ukrainian: Михайло Михайлович Подоляк, born 16 February 1972) is an Ukrainian adviser to the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[2][3]
In 2022, he became one of the representatives of Ukraine at Russian-Ukrainian peace negotiations during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Early life[edit]
Podolyak spent his childhood in Lviv and Novovolynsk.
From 1989 he lived in Belarus, and graduated from the Minsk Medical Institute.[4]
In the 1990s, Podolyak worked as a journalist for FM-Boulevard, Vremya, Narodnaja Volya and Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta.[citation needed]
In 2004, he worked as deputy editor-in-chief of the opposition Belarusian newspaper Vremya. In June 2004, officers of the KGB of Belarus came to his house and gave him half an hour to collect his things. The Belarusian authorities accused Podoliak that his activities "contradict the interests of state security", and the materials contain "slanderous fabrications about the real situation in the country, calls to destabilize the political situation in Belarus".[5] He was deported to Ukraine and denied the right to visit Belarus for five years.[citation needed]
Journalist career[edit]
In 2005, Podolyak was the editor-in-chief of Ukrainska Hazeta. In June, the publication published his article "The Last Supper": it concerned the poisoning in 2004 of the then presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko. The material was a journalistic investigation presented in an artistic form.[6] In it, the author, relying on his own sources, suggested that people close to Yushchenko were behind the poisoning: Davyd Zhvania, deputy head of the headquarters of the Our Ukraine Bloc, and Yevhen Chervonenko, Minister of Transport and Communications, a member of Yushchenko's party.
In 2006, Podolyak began working with Ukrainian internet publication Obozrevatel as a freelancer. At the same time, he became an adviser to the owner of the publication, Chairman of the State Committee for Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship, Mykhailo Brodskyy. In December 2011, Podoliak became the editor-in-chief of Obozrevatel.[7]
In June 2011, Podolyak was among six journalists who were first invited to Mezhyhirya Residence, the residence of then Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
Political career[edit]
In April 2020, Podolyak became an adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak and an "anti-crisis manager" of the Office.[8] He controls the entire information policy of the Office of the President and advises Volodymyr Zelenskyy directly. In addition, he prepares ministers of the Ukrainian government for broadcasts in the media so that their theses are coordinated with the content promoted by the president.[9]
Recognition[edit]
Podolyak takes third place in the ranking of the 100 most influential Ukrainians according to Focus magazine.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mykhailo Podolyak on the Russian invasion: Russian troops have not gained any operational and tactical advantage in Ukraine". president.gov.ua. Office of the President of Ukraine. 26 February 2022.
- ^ Starr, Michael. "Ukrainian president clarifies ironic claim that Russian attack Wednesday". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Moore, Mark (14 February 2022). "US shifts Ukraine embassy out of Kiev as Zelensky confirms invasion warning". New York Post. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Maria Zhartovska, Oksana Kovalenko (23 April 2020). "У главы Офиса президента — новый консультант. Он был оппозиционером в Беларуси, провластным журналистом при Януковиче, а теперь решает кризисы во власти. Большой профайл Михаила Подоляка". babel.ua (in Russian). Babel.
- ^ Yury Svyrko (21 June 2004). "Із Білорусі депортували журналіста-українця". radiosvoboda.org (in Ukrainian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
- ^ Maryana Mygal (19 July 2005). "Редактор «Української газети» Михайло Подоляк: «Свої джерела інформації я ніколи не розкриваю»". khpg.org (in Ukrainian). Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group.
- ^ Svitlana Ostapa (21 May 2012). "Михаил Подоляк: СМИ в президентских пулах должны быть лояльны к главе государства". detector.media. Detector media.
- ^ Kristina Berdynskykh (10 April 2020). "У главы ОП Андрея Ермака появился антикризисный советник. НВ узнал, о ком идёт речь". nv.ua. NV.
- ^ Соня Лукашова, Роман Кравец (12 November 2020). "Политтехнолог Банковой: Зеленский больше, чем видосики. Он – президент страны". pravda.com.ua. Ukrayinska Pravda.
- ^ "#3 Михаил Подоляк в рейтинге «Время миньонов. 100 самых влиятельных украинцев по версии журнала Фокус»". focus.ua. Focus. 14 December 2020.
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