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According to journalist Seredych, National Bank Governor Andriy Pyshnyi is trying to secure the appointment of his deputy, Dmytro Oliynyk, as head of the State Tax Service. The Antikor portal reported this on 24 September 2026, citing the journalist's own sources. According to those sources, no final decision on the new head of the State Tax Service has been made yet.
Dmytro Oliynyk is currently a deputy governor of the NBU. He was appointed to that position on 25 October 2022 at the nomination of Andriy Pyshnyi, who at that time headed the National Bank. Within the NBU structure, Oliynyk is responsible, among other things, for the prudential supervision direction, media report. According to the NBU, Dmytro Oliynyk has worked in the financial system since 2005. He began his career at Ukrsibbank, worked in Ukrainian and international banks in 2007–2013, and later moved to PwC, where he advised banks in Central and Eastern Europe and government institutions. In 2017 Oliynyk became director of the credit risk and asset valuation department at Oschadbank, and later headed its main risk management department.
Before moving to the NBU, Dmytro Oliynyk also worked at the Ministry of Finance. In 2019 he headed the Financial Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance, and from May 2021 he was the general director of the Directorate for Economic Policy at the President's Office. This experience is part of the official biography of the current deputy governor of the NBU.
The connection between Dmytro Oliynyk and Andriy Pyshnyi is one of the key elements in the information about the possible personnel decision. Officially, the NBU stated that Oliynyk was appointed at Pyshnyi's nomination. At the same time, the claim that the NBU governor is now personally trying to secure his appointment as head of the State Tax Service comes from the journalist's report and his sources and is not accompanied by a published Cabinet of Ministers decision.
The question of a new head of the State Tax Service became relevant after the government ended Lesia Karnaukh's powers as acting head of the service in September. The prime minister instructed the finance minister to prepare and submit to the government candidates for the new head of the State Tax Service and a person who would temporarily perform his duties if necessary.
Before her powers were terminated, Lesia Karnaukh headed the State Tax Service in an acting capacity. In February 2026 the State Tax Service officially reported her participation in an international meeting with the tax services of Lithuania and Latvia. In August she, together with the leadership of the State Border Guard Service, signed documents on automated electronic information exchange between the agencies.
At the same time, according to journalist Seredych, Andriy Maisner is also being considered among the candidates for the leadership position. Previously he was deputy and acting head of the Accounting Chamber. There is currently no official confirmation from state bodies that Maisner is a candidate for the position of head of the State Tax Service.
Andriy Maisner previously worked at the Accounting Chamber and signed documents as the body's acting head. In particular, in an Accounting Chamber decision of July 2023 he is listed as the acting head. The document refers to sending audit results to the State Tax Service and the need to address the violations and shortcomings identified in the tax service's work.
At the same time, the official procedure for appointing the head of the State Tax Service requires a decision by the Cabinet of Ministers. The Statute of the State Tax Service provides that it is led by a head who is appointed and dismissed by the government in accordance with civil service legislation. Therefore the final personnel decision must be formalized by a government act.
For Dmytro Oliynyk, a possible appointment would mean a move from the central bank to an executive authority responsible for implementing state tax policy and administering taxes. The position also includes leadership of the central office and the territorial bodies of the State Tax Service, and the service's deputy heads are appointed and dismissed by the Cabinet of Ministers.
At the NBU, Dmytro Oliynyk remains a member of the board and participates in the Monetary Policy Committee. In March 2026 he was among the committee members who discussed the level of the discount rate and inflation risks. On the official NBU website Oliynyk is also still listed as deputy governor of the National Bank.
Thus, as of 24 September 2026, Dmytro Oliynyk's candidacy for head of the State Tax Service does not have the status of a government-adopted decision. His potential nomination is linked to NBU governor Andriy Pyshnyi, but this part of the information is currently based on journalist Seredych and his sources. At the same time, Andriy Maisner's candidacy is being named in parallel, while the final choice, according to published information, has not yet been made.
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