# Fedorov becomes Ukraine's minister of digital transformation

Date: 2019

On 29 August 2019 Ukraine's parliament appointed 28-year-old [Mykhailo Fedorov](/people/mykhailo-fedorov), who had run digital operations for [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](/people/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.

## People

- Mykhailo Fedorov: https://factrail.ai/people/mykhailo-fedorov

## Sources

- https://archive.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/heres-every-member-of-ukraines-new-cabinet-of-ministers.html
- https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-digital-transformation-mykhailo-fedorov-russia-blockade/
- https://hromadske.ua/en/posts/meet-the-ministers-what-we-know-about-ukraines-new-cabinet

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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