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  • Herman Smetanin

    Herman Smetanin
    Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine

    Born in 1992 in Kharkiv.

    Education:

    Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University (2014), Master’s degree in mechanical engineering.

    National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (2019), Master’s degree in management.

    Career:

    2014–2015 – Kharkiv Machine Building Design Bureau (part of Ukroboronprom).

    2016–2020 – Chief Designer and Chief Engineer at Lviv Armoured Plant.

    2020–2021 – Production Director of the State Enterprise “Malyshev Plant”;

    2021–2022 – Director of the State Enterprise “Kharkiv Armoured Plant”;

    Since 1 December 2022 – Director of Production, Acting Director General of SE “Malyshev Plant”;

    1 May 2023 – appointed by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine as Director General of the State Enterprise “Malyshev Plant”.

    28 June 2023 – appointed Director General of the Joint Stock Company “Ukrainian Defence Industry”.

    5 September 2024 – appointed Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine.