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Volodymyr Groysman

On 14 April 2016 the Ukrainian parliament elected a new prime minister Thursday, after accepting Arseniy Yatsenyuk's resignation. Lawmakers voted 250-57 in favor of President Petro Poroshenko’s nominee, Volodymyr Groysman, who had been the speaker of parliament. Andriy Parubiy replaced Groysman as speaker.

Ukraine's three major parliamentary parties agreed to form a new coalition on March 29 and nominate parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Hroysman to be Ukraine's new prime minister. Groysman said as prime minister he would want Ukraine to stick to its reform promises under a $40 billion bailout program backed by the International Monetary Fund, but his government would need the support of parliament to pass laws.

Ukraine's parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Groysman [Volodymyr Hroysman] emerged as the frontrunner to replace unpopular Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk. Members of the ruling coalition on 24 March 2016 discussed nominating 38-year-old Volodymyr Groysman, but stressed the appointment could only work if parties can agree on a new coalition deal. Support for Yatsenyuk's government had plunged since he took power after the 2013/2014 Maidan protests with coalition infighting and corruption scandals hindering reforms demanded by Kyiv's Western backers.

Deputy head of the parliamentary faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc Oleksiy Honcharenko said 28 March 2016 that the faction has nominated Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Groysman as its candidate for prime minister.

Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner wrote :"Groysman, as the president's man, would do little to advance the cause of structural reforms -- or give Ukraine what it needs most: a professional and technocratic government that roots out corruption, installs rule of law, privatizes, deregulates, de-oligarchizes and, in general, puts the public interest above the corrupted vested interests.... Any government that Groysman leads would likely perpetuate the corrupt business-as-usual status quo of horse-trading for positions, favor and subsidies. It would also mean a resurgence of vested and often oligarch interests fiercely sabotaging reform."

Political forces currently forming the Ukrainian Parliament must take political responsibility and establish effective Parliamentary Coalition and Government. Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman said this opening the Conciliatory Council of the heads of the parliamentary factions and chairpersons of the parliamentary committees on Monday, March 28, 2016. "Political responsibility of all heads of the parliaments factions and groups envisions the establishment of new effective Coalition. Secondly, it envisions the establishment of the new effective Government. They must take responsibility to name the problems and then, eventually, to start their solving," he said.

"Our parliament should become a leading democratic, legislative and European institution in Ukraine," said Volodymyr Groysman, chairman of the Ukrainian parliament, at the Ukraine Week conference at the European Parliament in Brussels on 29 February-2 March 2016.

The large delegation of Ukrainian parliamentarians included their Chairman, Volodymyr Groysman. "I wouldn't say we're asking for anything. We are developing a dialogue of equals and outlining a joint action plan. And now, during the Ukraine week, we have outlined a joint action plan for using the experience of our European partners and their support. As for the reform of the Ukrainian parliament, it should become a leading democratic, legislative, European institution in Ukraine." For Groysman, the ball lies in Russia's court to bring stability to the region.

Volodymyr Groysman, a deputy prime minister who is Jewish, was appointed acting prime minister of Ukraine 24 Juy 2014 following the resignation of Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Yatsenyuk resigned after two coalition partners pulled out to launch the process for new parliamentary elections — the first since the ouster in February 2014 of Viktor Yanukovych, the Russian-backed president.

Volodymyr Groysman, a Jewish MP from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc was the only candidate nominated for the position of speaker of the parliament. He had previously served as Mayor of Vinnytsia, Regional Development, Construction and Communal Living Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.

The vote by Ukraine’s parliament to confirm a Jew as speaker will not have a large direct impact on Ukrainian Jewry, sources told The Jerusalem Post on 30 November 2014. Groysman “doesn't any connection to the Jewish community” and may be “half-Jewish” through his father’s side, though he thought that the matter was unclear. Ukrainian Chief Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich, however, declared him a Jew according to Orthodox law.

After the announcement of the Prime Minister's Arseniy Yatsenyuk resignation on July 24, 2014 Groysman at a government meeting was appointed acting head of government. But on July 31 the Verkhovna Rada refused to accept the resignation of Yatseniuk and on August 01 the Cabinet canceled the appointment of Groysman.

Volodymyr Groysman, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine in the government of Yatsenyuk, a member of the faction Poroshenko Bloc was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 27 Novemver 2014. This decision was made at the first session of the Verkhovna Rada of the 8th convocation voted by 359 deputies. Candidacy of Groyman was put by Poroshenko Bloc.

Volodymyr Groysman was born on Jan. 20, 1978 in Vinnytsya. In Aug. 1994, at the age of 16 years he became a commercial director of private small enterprise "OKO" and since Nov. 1994 held the position of Commercial Director of PE "Youth" - the company of his father, Borys Groysman, a member of the City Council of Vinnytsya of 24th convocation (2002-2006).

In 1994 - 2005 Groysman continued to work in senior positions in commercial structures. In 2002, aged 24 years, Vladimir Groysman won the election in the majority districts number 29 and became the youngest deputy of the Vinnytsia city council. In March 2006, members of the City Council of Vinnytsya supported Groysman at the election of the mayor. Groysman won the next election in October of 2010, gaining more than 70% of the vote.

On February 27, 2014, Volodymyr Groysman on the invitation of Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk took the post of Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services.