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Denys Shmyhal

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Denys Anatoliiovych Shmyhal (Ukrainian: Денис Анатолійович Шмигаль, IPA: [deˈnɪs ɐnɐˈtɔl⁽ʲ⁾ijowɪtʃ ʃmɪˈɦɑlʲ]; born 15 October 1975) is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur who served as the 18th prime minister of Ukraine from 2020 to 2025. Before his appointment as prime minister, Shmyhal was the governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and an acting vice prime minister in the Honcharuk Government. As Prime Minister, Shmyhal was in charge of handling the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine and conducting the defense of Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion. As of 2025, he is the longest-serving prime minister in Ukrainian history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Denys Shmyhal is the 6,537th most popular politician (up from 7,279th in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 277th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Denys Shmyhal ranks 6,537 out of 19,576. Before him are Blot-Sweyn, Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, Theudigisel, Maria Temryukovna, Marcus Antonius, and Maria, wife of Leo III. After him are Flavius Bauto, Muazzez Sultan, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Emperor Wu of Song, Peter Pellegrini, and Jean-Baptiste Carrier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Denys Shmyhal ranks 27. Before him are Sean Lennon, M.I.A., Shilpa Shetty, Jack White, Juninho Pernambucano, and DJ Khaled. After him are Peter Pellegrini, Eiichiro Oda, Eva Longoria, John Higgins, Juan Sebastián Verón, and Ralf Schumacher.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal ranks 234 out of 1,365. Before him are Ivan Bohun (1618), Olga Khokhlova (1891), Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), Michael of Chernigov (1185), Vladimir Korolenko (1853), and Mikhail Eisenstein (1867). After him are Nikolai Kapustin (1937), Michael Rostovtzeff (1870), Paul Muni (1895), Alexander Marinesko (1913), Lyudmila Rudenko (1904), and Sigismund Korybut (1395).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal ranks 76. Before him are Efim Geller (1925), Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1880), Petro Doroshenko (1627), Olena Zelenska (1978), Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), and Michael of Chernigov (1185). After him are Angelica Balabanoff (1878), Eugen Ehrlich (1862), Viacheslav Chornovil (1937), Samuel Noah Kramer (1897), Konstanty Ostrogski (1460), and Vsevolod II of Kiev (1104).

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