# Yermak is appointed Head of the Office of the President, the office he then holds through the invasion

Date: 2020

## The fact

On 11 February 2020 [Andriy Yermak](/people/andriy-yermak) was appointed Head of the [Office of the President of Ukraine](/organizations/office-of-the-president-of-ukraine). He still held that office on 24 February 2022 and through the martial-law years.

## Context

The OP head [gates](/people/bill-gates) staff and negotiation access. He does not write commander-in-chief orders. Independent reporting later recorded Istanbul-track and staffing controversies. Those are neighbouring. [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](/people/volodymyr-zelenskyy) appointed him.

Keep Yermak is appointed Head of the Office of the President, the office he then holds through the invasion on 2020-02-11 separate from neighbouring OP-appointment and negotiation-track instruments. Official: https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/andrij-yermak-priznachenij-kerivnikom-ofisu-prezidenta-ukray-59621. Independent: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-presidential-office-chief-yermak-2022-03-01/.

The Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine concentrates wartime staffing and negotiation access. He does not write every martial-law decree and is not the commander-in-chief.

## Evidence and sources

Office of the President of Ukraine carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is ukraine-war wartime governance: a completed OP appointment held through martial law. Defensive war is context, not immunity.

## What is established and what is not

Established: an 11 February 2020 appointment as OP head, still held through the invasion years, independently recorded.

Not established: a unique embezzlement coefficient, or that the OP head wrote every martial-law decree.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

The president appointed. Reuters did not write the decree.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Yermak is appointed Head of the Office of the President, the office he then holds through the invasion, not a later speech about Yermak is appointed Head of the Office of the President, the office he then holds through the invasion.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Yermak is appointed Head of the Office of the President, the office he then holds through the invasion on 2020-02-11 is not a licence to treat every later Office of the President of Ukraine communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Yermak is appointed Head of the Office of the President, the office he then holds through the invasion into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He accepted and held the office. The president appointed. Reuters did not write the decree. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Andrii Yermak: https://factrail.ai/people/andriy-yermak

## Drivers

- Ukraine war (Crimea–Donbas–2022+): https://factrail.ai/drivers/ukraine-war

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-presidential-office-chief-yermak-2022-03-01/
- https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/andrij-yermak-priznachenij-kerivnikom-ofisu-prezidenta-ukray-59621

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ua-yermak-op-head-2020-02-11