Zelensky dismissed Bohdan and all his deputies from their duties at Presidential Administration, and re-appointed them at the Office of the President of Ukraine

Zelensky dismissed Bohdan and all his deputies from their duties at Presidential Administration, and re-appointed them at the Office of the President of Ukraine Zelensky’s team earlier suggested that the building on Bankova should be a museum
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Andriy Bohdan, appointed Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, signed a standing order creating the Office as a governmental body. The order was approved by a decree of Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Andriy Bohdan from the position of the Head of Presidential Administration and appointed him as the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. This is the statement of Presidential decrees №434/2019 and №435/2019 of June 25.

Decree №436/2019 approves a standing order creating the Office of the President of Ukraine as a new governmental body assisting the Head of the State.

A series of decrees has followed appointing the deputies of the Head of the Presidential Administration Oleksii Honcharuk, Yurii Kostuk, Vadym Prystaiko, Ruslan Riaboshapka, Kyrylo Tymoshenko as the deputies of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

Serhii Trofimov, former first deputy became the first deputy of the Head of the Office of the President.

On June 20 Zelensky signed decree №417/2019 transforming Presidential Administration into the Office of the President. Budget expenses on the Office’s work would be decreased, announced the President.

Bohdan declared that Zelensky administration had plans to move from Bankova street, and the building would be sold or transformed into museum. It is expected that new Office will be located in the Ukrainian House.