Yuriy Stets
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Yuriy Stets | |
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Юрій Стець | |
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| Minister of Information Policy | |
| In office 2 December 2014 – 29 August 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Volodymyr Groysman |
| Preceded by | None (post created) |
| Succeeded by | none, post abolished[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 29, 1975 |
| Education | Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute - Information management |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Yuriy Yaroslavovych Stets (Ukrainian: Юрій Ярославович Стець; born 29 December 1975) is a Ukrainian journalist and politician.[2] He was appointed to the post of Minister of Information Policy at the formation of the Second Yatsenyuk Government on 2 December 2014.[3] He resigned one year later because he felt he had "met all the targets".[4] He withdrew his letter of resignation on 4 February 2016, and continued in the post.[5] On 31 May 2017 Stets wrote a letter of resignation for health reasons and went on sick leave the same day.[6] Eventually Stets stayed on as Minister until on 29 August 2019 the Honcharuk Government was installed.[1] This government abolished the whole Ministry of Information Policy altogether.[1]
Stets is a member of Petro Poroshenko Bloc.
Yuriy Stets was born on 29 December 1975 at Chortkiv, in Ternopil Oblast.[2] He attended the Sydir Vorobkevych Chernivtsi School of Music from 1992 to 1996.[7] In 2000, he earned a degree in information management from Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.[7] Stets started his career in journalism in 1990 as a reporter for the Chernivtsi Regional State Television and Radio Company.[7] He them worked for various television channels, including ICTV, a local Chernivtsi-based channel called TBA. He also work for public relations firms.[7] Starting in 2002, Stets served as the chief producer for the Channel 5 television network, which is owned by Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko.[note 1][7]
He was elected to the Ukrainian parliament on 23 November 2007, and was a member of Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defence Bloc.[7] He was elected again on 12 December 2012, this time as a member of Yulia Tymoshenko's Fatherland party.[7] During the tenure of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, Stets was a member of the united opposition's political council.[8] On 17 June 2013, Stets became head of Poroshenko's Solidarity party, which had not participated in elections since 2002.[note 2][8] After the February 2014 Ukrainian revolution, he served as the Director of Information Security for National Guard of Ukraine.[3] During a 27 August 2014 party congress, Solidarity changed its name to "Petro Poroshenko Bloc",[9] and elected former Internal Affairs Minister Yuriy Lutsenko as the new leader of the party.[9] In the October 2014 parliamentary election, Stets was re-elected to parliament as a member of Petro Poroshenko Bloc.[7] He was appointed Minister of Information Policy on 2 December 2014, vacating his seat in parliament to fill that post. At the time he vowed to resign one year later if he would successfully implement his policy.[4] He at the time was considered a "close ally" of President Poroshenko.[10]
Stets resigned from the post of Minister of Information Policy on 8 December 2015.[11] He said that he did so because he felt he had "met all the targets".[4] He withdrew this resignation on 4 February 2016, and continued in the post.[5]
On 31 May 2017 Stets wrote a letter of resignation citing health reasons and went on sick leave the same day. Emine Dzhaparova, the first deputy minister, became acting minister.[6]
Eventually Stets stayed on as Minister until on 29 August 2019 the Honcharuk Government was installed.[1] This government abolished the whole Ministry of Information Policy altogether.[1]