Andrii Yermak
Andrii Borysovych Yermak (Ukrainian: Андрій Борисович Єрмак; born 21 November 1971)[2][dead link] is a Ukrainian film producer, lawyer and the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed him on 11 February 2020.[1] He is also a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
Andrii Yermak | |
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Андрій Єрмак | |
Yermak in 2021 | |
| Chief of Staff of the Office of the President of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office 11 February 2020 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Preceded by | Andriy Bohdan[1] |
| Member of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office 12 February 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 November 1971 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Education | Taras Shevchenko National University[2] |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer, film producer |
| Committees | Head of the committee of State Awards (since 2020) |
| Website | www |
Biography
Andrii Yermak was born on 21 November 1971 in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union).[2] Yermak's Russian-born mother Maria met his Kyiv native father Borys on a school trip of a Leningrad school to Kyiv.[3] Yermak's father is Jewish.[4] They met through mutual acquaintances.[3] The couple married in 1971 and she moved to Kyiv.[3] Yermak has a brother Denys, who is 8 years younger.[3]
In 1990, he started and in 1995 Yermak graduated from Kyiv's Taras Shevchenko National University's Institute of International Relations with a master's degree in international private law.[2][3] The same year he received his license for law practice.[2] In his second year of university, at the request of one of his teachers, he started working for the law company Proxen.[3]
In 1997, Yermak founded the International Law Firm and was engaged in the field of intellectual property and commercial law.[1] Between 2006 and 2014 he, in his profession as lawyer, aided Party of Regions MP Elbrus Tedeyev.[5][1]
In the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election, Yermak was a proxy of candidate Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv's 216th constituency.[3]
Yermak founded the Garnet International Media Group in 2012[6] and is the producer of such films as Rule of Battle [Wikidata] and The Line.[7]
Yermak became acquainted with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2011, when Zelenskyy was the general producer of the TV channel Inter.[5] The two became friends.[5] Yermak worked in Zelenskyy's election campaign team in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election.[3]
On 21 May 2019, newly elected President Zelenskyy appointed Yermak as Presidential Aide for Foreign Policy Issues.[1] In this role he negotiated major prison exchanges with Russia during the War in Donbas.[8] Yermak was the point of contact for Kurt Volker and Rudy Giuliani on behalf of Zelenskyy during the buildup of the Trump–Ukraine scandal.[9]
President Zelenskyy appointed Yermak as Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine on 11 February 2020.[1] Yermak became a member of the National Security and Defense Council the following day.[10]
Personal life
Yermak has lived in Kyiv his whole life. He is single and has no children.[3] Yermak has a brother named Denys who was blamed by the Ukrainian watchdog agency Bihus.info in destroying the private port operator TIS.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Zelensky dismisses head of president's office Bohdan, appoints Yermak instead, Interfax-Ukraine (11 February 2020)
- ^ a b c d e Yermak replaces Bohdan as head of President's Office, 112 Ukraine (11 February 2020)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Who is Mr. Yermak? Lawyer. Businessman. Producer. Vice-president?". Ukrayinska Pravda. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Berman, Lazar. "Top Zelensky adviser opens up about his Jewish roots, urges greater Israeli support". Times of Israel. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Who is Mr Yermak? 10 quotes from the new head of the President's Office". Glavcom. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ Andrii Yermak at IMDb
- ^ Another assistant to the President was film producer Ermak, Ukrinform (21 May 2019)
- ^ "Bohdan turbo mode. As he broke into the team of Zelensky and left the OPU head". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Andriy Yermak replaces Andriy Bohdan as head of presidential office". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 52/2020" (in Ukrainian). Office of the President of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Брат керівника Офісу президента взявся зруйнувати найбільший приватний порт – Bihus.info". Економічна правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-10-10.
External links
- Andrii Yermak at IMDb
- Andrii Yermak on Facebook
- Andrii Yermak on Telegram
- "Andriy Yermak outlined the priorities of his work as Head of the President's Office". president.gov.ua. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- Ukraine's President Appoints Chief Of Staff Linked To Trump's Lawyer on YouTube Feb 12, 2020 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty