Denys Maliuska
Ukrainian lawyer, businessman and politician
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Denys Leontiyovych Maliuska (Ukrainian: Денис Леонтійович Малюська; born 19 November 1981[1]) is a Ukrainian lawyer, businessman and politician.[2] From 29 August 2019 to 4 September 2024, he was Minister of Justice of Ukraine.[3]
Denys Shmyhal
Denys Maliuska | |
|---|---|
Денис Малюська | |
Maliuska in 2019 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 29 August 2019 – 4 September 2024 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Prime Minister | Oleksiy Honcharuk Denys Shmyhal |
| Preceded by | Pavlo Petrenko |
| Succeeded by | Olha Stefanishyna |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 29 August 2019 – 29 August 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 November 1981 |
| Party | Servant of the People |
| Education | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv University of London |
| Occupation | Lawyer businessman politician |
Biography
Maliuska studied law at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (2004). He also graduated from the University of London (2016). Master of Laws.[4]
From 2000 to 2010, Maliuska worked as a lawyer at the law firm Business Law. From 2010 to 2019, he served as a private sector consultant for the World Bank Group.[5]
Deputy Chairman of the Board of BRDO/World Bank Group.[6]
He was on a party list of the Servant of the People political party during the 2019 parliamentary elections,[7] yet himself is not a registered member of the party (non-partisan, according to the Central Election Commission).[8] Maliuska was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019.[9] He surrendered his deputy mandate upon his ministerial appointment on 29 August 2019.
On 29 August 2019, Maliuska was appointed as the Minister of Justice of Ukraine in the Honcharuk Government.[3] In the 4 March 2020, appointed Shmyhal Government he kept this post.[10] In September 2021, Minister of Justice Malyuska appointed Ivan Lishchyna as his advisor.[11]
Iryna Mudra is one of his deputies.
On September 3, 2024, he submitted his resignation to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament).[12] In addition to Malyuska, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strilets and the Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin submitted their resignations.[13]
On September 4, 2024, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported the dismissal of Malyuska from the post of Minister of Justice of Ukraine.[14]