Denys Monastyrsky
Denys Anatoliyovych Monastyrsky () is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician who has been Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs since July 16, 2021. Biography. Monastyrsky was born in Khmelnytsky on 12 June 1980. He is a graduate of Faculty of Law of the Khmelnytsky University of Management and Law. Monastyrsky is also a former student at the Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He has a PhD in law. In 2007 Monastyrsky started his career as lawyer. He also headed the department of lawmaking and scientific expertise of the research part  of the Khmelnytsky University of Management and Law, where he worked as an associate professor. Monastyrsky is a co-founder and a member of the board of the Podolia Youth Cultural Association "Into the Future through Culture". Between 2014 and 2019 Monastyrsky was an assistant-consultant on voluntary basis of People's Deputy Anton Herashchenko. In the run up to the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election Monastyrsky was presented as an expert of presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky's "Team" on law enforcement reform. Zelensky won the election and was inaugurated as President of Ukraine on 20 May 2019. Monastyrsky was a  candidate for the Servant of the People party in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election. He was placed No. 19 on the national election list and elected to the Ukrainian parliament. In parliament he became head of the parliamentry Committee on Law Enforcement Affairs. According to an analysis of Civil movement "Chesno" he was one of the people's deputies who submitted the most legislative initiatives. After on 12 July 2021 Interior Minister Arsen Avakov had submitted his resignation (letter) as Interior Minister, Monastyrsky on 16 July 2021 was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs by 271 MPs. Anton Herashchenko became one  of his official advisor at the Ministry.