Yelensky reappointed as head of State Ethnopolitics Service

Yelensky. Photo: DESS

For unspecified reasons, the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to reappoint the current head of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience (DESS), Viktor Yelensky. This was reported on Telegram by Taras Melnychuk, the Permanent Representative of the Government in the Verkhovna Rada.

"The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed Viktor Yevhenovych Yelensky as the head of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience," Melnychuk wrote.

As a reminder, Yelensky has been leading DESS since December 2022.

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