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The Cabinet of Ministers delegated former prime minister Yulia Sviridenko to the Ukraine-US Recovery Investment Fund as the authorized representative of the government. The decision was made in 23 October, and in this position Sviridenko replaced former Deputy Minister of Economy and Environment Yehor Perelyhin. The fund, created under an agreement with Washington, is aimed at attracting investments for the restoration of the Ukrainian economy.
The new appointment is described in the Ukrainian government’s order. According to the document, the government revoked Perelyhin as the authorized person delegated from Ukraine to the fund, and instead delegated Sviridenko. The appointment of Sviridenko as the government’s authorized representative was formalized with the appropriate amendments to Government Resolution No. 923-r of 1 September 2025 year, which previously defined Ukraine’s representatives in the investment fund.
Currently, Sviridenko holds the post of vice rector for business education development at the private institution Kyiv School of Economics. According to Interfax-Ukraine, 13 October, Perelyhin was dismissed from the post of Deputy Minister of Economy and Environment upon his own request. Sviridenko led the government from July 2025 year to July 2026 year, and in September 2026 year she headed the Kyiv School of Economics’ business school.
Why Sviridenko?
It was Sviridenko who was among the most important Ukrainian negotiators with the United States on establishing the American-Ukrainian Recovery Investment Fund. She personally contributed to drafting the mineral resources agreement and also conducted negotiations with Scott Bessent, who leads the U.S. Treasury.
The American-Ukrainian Recovery Investment Fund was created within an intergovernmental agreement signed in May 2025. The fund’s work focuses primarily on extraction of critical minerals, energy, transportation, logistics, and information and communications technologies. The fund started with capital of 150 million dollars, with Ukraine and the United States funding it equally— 75 million dollars from each side. In December 2025 year, both sides announced that the fund was ready to begin investment activities during 2026 year, and the first decisions on three projects were planned to be completed by year-end.
Earlier, Informator reported that Sviridenko found a job with Milovanov—after resigning as prime minister she became president of the KSE Business School, and Kyiv School of Economics president Tymofiy Milovanov said the team would focus on developing business education. We also wrote that last year the United States made the first contribution to the Recovery Investment Fund when the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation announced a commitment of 75 million dollars, and Sviridenko, then still prime minister, announced the start of the fund’s operations.
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