Thread by @Mylovanov

Oleksii Sobolev is Ukraine’s new Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture.

Trusted by international partners, respected by business, and effective in getting things done.

Also, he teaches at KSE — and we’re proud of it.

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Sobolev, 42, is from Kyiv. He holds a degree in Finance from Kyiv National Economic University. He started his career at Ernst & Young and later managed assets at Dragon Asset Management.

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He entered public service after the Revolution of Dignity. In 2018, he became head of — a platform for transparent state asset auctions. After the full-scale invasion, he joined RISE Ukraine, a coalition for transparent reconstruction.

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Since 2023, he served as Deputy, then First Deputy Minister of Economy. He led deregulation, digitalization, investment attraction, and coordination with international partners — including negotiations with the EU on the Ukraine Facility program.

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Under his leadership, over 100 outdated regulations and licenses were abolished. The full deregulation program could save Ukrainian businesses up to 12–13 billion UAH annually.

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The KSE Institute will continue supporting the Ministry of Economy (now Economy, Environment, and Agriculture) and contribute to shaping the new economic program. We encourage everyone to do the same.
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