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Who was proposed as Ukraine's prime minister?
Summary
A look back at the cabinet reshuffle that saw Yulia Svyrydenko step down and Serhiy Koretsky put forward as her successor.
Who would lead Ukraine's government after a reshuffle? On 16 July 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky moved to initiate the appointment of Serhiy Koretsky as prime minister.
The proposal followed the departure of Yulia Svyrydenko. On 14 July 2026, she resigned as prime minister as part of a cabinet reshuffle carried out by Zelensky.
The two developments, two days apart, set out the sequence of the change at the head of the government: first the resignation of the sitting prime minister within a wider reshuffle, then the president's move to nominate a successor.
The reports from 16 July 2026 describe the president as initiating the appointment, which is the step they record.
