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Ihor Zhdanov

Ihor Zhdanov
Ігор Жданов
3rd Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine
Assumed office
2 December 2014
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Preceded by Dmytro Bulatov
Personal details
Born Ігор Олександрович Жданов
(1967-12-29) December 29, 1967 (age 49)
Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR
Education Kiev University (1992) - History
Kiev University (1994) - Justice
University of West London (1996)

Ihor Oleksandrovych Zhdanov (Ukrainian: Ігор Олександрович Жданов; December 29, 1967 in Vinnytsia ) is a Ukrainian politician who is the current Minister of Youth and Sports in the Yatsenyuk Government. Zhdanov is the president of the Open Politics analytical center.

He was elected into the Ukrainian Parliament in 2014 as a member of the Fatherland party. When Fatherland left the Yatsenyuk Government on 17 February 2016 Zhdanov refused to resign and hence was expelled from Fatherland. He retained his post in the Groysman Government (installed on 14 April 2016).



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