# Ukraine's ruling party nominates Naftogaz chief Serhiy Koretsky for Prime Minister after Svyrydenko's dismissal > Ukraine's Servant of the People faction submitted a formal nomination on July 15 to appoint Serhiy Koretsky, head of state energy company Naftogaz, as the new Prime Minister; the Verkhovna Rada was set to begin considering his cabinet list on the evening of July 15 ahead of a vote **Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-07-15 · heads: من يقرّر · 5 takes · 4 lenses · 3 regions ## Summary [Ukraine](/ar/entity/ukraine)'s ruling Servant of the People faction submitted a formal motion on July 15 to nominate Serhiy Koretsky, chairman of the board of state energy company NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, as the country's next Prime Minister. The nomination came a day after the Verkhovna Rada voted on July 14 to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, constitutionally triggering the full cabinet's departure. MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak said the Rada would begin considering the full slate of personnel appointments on Thursday. Under the nomination process, Koretsky was required to present a complete cabinet list by Wednesday evening before parliament could proceed to a confirmation vote. Approximately 50 of 254 Servant of the People MPs attended a preliminary meeting with Koretsky; no alternative candidates were formally put forward. ## Why it matters The nomination of a Naftogaz executive as Ukraine's wartime Prime Minister signals that energy security and economic management of the war economy are central to the new government's mandate. Koretsky has no prior political profile comparable to Svyrydenko, and his ability to manage the cabinet across defense, finance, and diplomatic portfolios will be tested immediately. The speed of confirmation matters for the continuity of Western financial aid packages, which are tied to government stability benchmarks. ## What to watch - The Verkhovna Rada vote on Koretsky's confirmation and the final composition of his cabinet - Which ministers from the Svyrydenko government are retained vs replaced, particularly at Finance and Foreign Affairs - How the Koretsky government positions itself toward the ongoing [Ukraine-Russia War](/ar/n/ukraine-russia-war-dossier) and Western aid conditionality - Whether the dismissal of Defense Minister Fedorov (see [Zelenskyy fires Ukraine's Defense Minister Fedorov, sparking rare wartime protests in Kyiv and other cities](/ar/n/ukraine-fedorov-dismissed-jul16)) is linked to the broader cabinet strategy Koretsky presents ## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens) ### Ukraine's main wire agency; first to report that Servant of the People planned to formally submit the Koretsky nomination and that the Rada would begin considering appointments on Thursday - **Interfax Ukraine** (Ukraine, en) — Interfax Ukraine reported that the Servant of the People faction planned to submit Koretsky's formal nomination for PM on Wednesday and that the Verkhovna Rada would begin considering the full set of personnel appointments on Thursday; Koretsky was identified as head of the board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. > "The Servant of the People faction on Wednesday plans to formally submit a nomination for the appointment of head of the board of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy Serhiy Koretsky as Prime Minister of Ukraine." Source: https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1185027.html ### Ukrainian news agency; confirmed the motion timeline and added that the Rada vote itself was expected later in the week - **Ukrainian News (UNN)** (Ukraine, en) — UNN confirmed that the Servant of the People faction would formally file the Koretsky motion on Wednesday, with the Verkhovna Rada vote expected to follow on Thursday; no alternative candidates were named, indicating a consensus within the ruling faction around Koretsky. > "The 'Servant of the People' faction will formally submit a motion on Wednesday to appoint Serhiy Koretsky as Prime Minister." Source: https://unn.ua/en/news/servant-of-the-people-is-going-to-submit-a-motion-to-appoint-koretsky-as-prime-minister-peoples-deputy ### Follow-up Interfax report adding the procedural detail that Koretsky was required to present a full cabinet list by Wednesday evening before the Rada could proceed - **Interfax Ukraine** (Ukraine, en) — A later Interfax dispatch added that MP Olha Vasylevska-Smahliuk of the Servant of the People faction said Koretsky must present a full cabinet list by Wednesday evening as a precondition for the Rada to proceed; this indicated the appointment would not be immediate and the composition of the incoming government remained open. > "PM candidate Koretsky must present a full list of ministers for his future government on the evening of July 15." Source: https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1185065.html ### unlabelled - **Croatia News-Pravda** (Croatia, en) — Source: https://croatia.news-pravda.com/en/croatia/2026/07/15/5026.html - **Balkan News-Pravda** (Balkans, en) — Source: https://balkan.news-pravda.com/en/world/2026/07/15/35951.html ## Across the graph - Related: [[ukraine-pm-dismissed-jul14]] - Entities: Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky Dossier --- Canonical: https://rbtfl.xyz/ar/n/ukraine-koretskyi-pm-jul15