From Ukrainian parliament approves Crimean Tatar Umerov as new defense minister
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Newly nominated Ukrainian defense minister, Rustem Umerov attends the voting for his resignation from the position of head of the State Property Fund at the Ukrainian parliament, in Kyiv on September 5, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by ANDRII NESTERENKO / AFP)
Ukraine’s parliament approves President Volodymyr Zelensky’s nomination of Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar, as Kyiv’s new defense minister after the resignation of Oleksiy Reznikov.
“Parliament approved Rustem Umerov as the Defense Minister of Ukraine,” senior lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak says on social media. He posts a photograph of the voting board, showing 338 out of 360 lawmakers voted in favor of Umerov’s nomination.
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