Meet Yulia Svyrydenko, the economist Zelenskyy has named as Ukraine’s next prime minister

Meet Yulia Svyrydenko, the economist Zelenskyy has named as Ukraine’s next prime minister

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has named Yulia Svyrydenko as the next Prime Minister of Ukraine. In her current role as economy minister, she has led negotiations with the Donald Trump administration of the United States and overseen Ukraine’s defense-industrial development in the ongoing war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy named Yulia Svyrydenko, the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and the Minister of Economy, as the next Prime Minister of Ukraine on Monday, July 14, 2025. (Photo: Instagram/Yulia Svyrydenko)