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Fedorov becomes Ukraine's minister of digital transformation

On 29 August 2019 Ukraine's parliament appointed 28-year-old Mykhailo Fedorov, who had run digital operations for Volodymyr Zelenskyy's presidential campaign, as vice prime minister and minister of digital transformation, a newly created post.

Mykhailo Fedorov (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 29 August 2019 Ukraine's parliament appointed 28-year-old Mykhailo Fedorov, who had run digital operations for Volodymyr Zelenskyy's presidential campaign, as vice prime minister and minister of digital transformation, a newly created post. Before entering government he had founded and run a digital marketing agency, making him one of the cabinet's youngest members.

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  1. 1.archive.kyivpost.com — sourcearchive.kyivpost.com · verified
  2. 2.politico.euchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: fedorov+digital transformation · verified
  3. 3.Meet the Ministers: What We Know About Ukraine’s New Cabinethromadske.ua · High credibility · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Fedorov becomes Ukraine's minister of digital transformation. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/fedorov-appointed-minister-digital-transformation-2019-08-29

https://factrail.ai/facts/fedorov-appointed-minister-digital-transformation-2019-08-29

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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