Zelensky's head of administration resigned less than three months after his appointment

The head of the office of the President of Ukraine (the former presidential administration), Andriy Bohdan, wrote a letter of resignation of his own free will, reported Interfax-Ukraine , citing a source in the office of Volodymyr Zelensky. He worked in the position for less than three months. Bogdan was considered the closest member of the Zelensky team to the oligarch Igor Kolomoisky. Opponents of the president demanded his resignation - in 2014, Bogdan was lustred as a former employee of the Yanukovych government, who was responsible for the fight against corruption.

UPD. Bogdan's resignation did not take place, and the behavior of Zelensky's office at the same time does not speak in the best way about the professionalism of his team. More details - here .

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Head of Administration. Zelensky appointed lawyer Andriy Bohdan as the new head of the presidential administration on May 21. The Ukrainian media called him close to businessman Igor Kolomoisky, in connection with which Zelensky was repeatedly reproached by Poroshenko.

• Bogdan is a professional lawyer , and among his clients was Igor Kolomoisky (the oligarch confirmed that Bogdan is a lawyer). At the time of his appointment to the office of the President, Bohdan was handling several cases related to the nationalization of Kolomoisky's assets, including Ukraine's largest Privatbank.
• From the very start of the presidential race, Bogdan began to be called “Kolomoisky’s curator” at Zelensky’s headquarters. At the same time, the political consultant of the future president, Dmitry Razumkov, denied that it was Bogdan who was the “informal head” of the headquarters, arguing that he simply “helps with legal issues.”
• Bogdan had experience in politics - in 2007 and 2014 he ran for the Verkhovna Rada. In January 2008, Minister of Justice Mykola Onischuk appointed Bogdan as his deputy for combating corruption, but the position was eventually liquidated. In March 2010, Bogdan again became responsible for the fight against corruption, combining these duties with the post of Deputy Minister of Justice.
• Ukrainian media wrote that Bogdan could not work in the civil service, as he was lustred in September 2014. However, at the time of his appointment, on the list of lustred citizens on the website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice. Bohdan was not
• Zelensky appointed Bogdan contrary to the recommendations of the US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker, . the Ukrainian newspaper Zerkalo Nedeli assured, citing sources close to Volker The US Special Representative called Zelensky and strongly advised against appointing Bogdan to this position as a person associated with Kolomoisky, the publication claimed.

Connections. “Fate brought me together in the second round, I’m not afraid to say it, with Kolomoisky’s puppet,” Petro Poroshenko said after the first round of the presidential election. During Poroshenko's presidency, Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky lost his main assets and did not appear in Ukraine for several years, but on May 16 the businessman returned to his homeland. We wrote in detail about how Zelensky is connected with Kolomoisky here .