Rustem Umerov
Rustem Enverovych Umerov (Ukrainian: Рустем Енверович Умєров, Crimean Tatar: Rüstem Enver oğlu Ümerov; born 19 April 1982) is a Ukrainian politician, businessman, investor, philanthropist and the current Defence Minister of Ukraine. Umerov is a Muslim, and of Crimean Tatar origin.
Rustem Umerov | |
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Рустем Умєров | |
Umerov in 2023 | |
| 18th Minister of Defense | |
| Assumed office 6 September 2023 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal |
| Preceded by | Oleksii Reznikov |
| Head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine | |
| In office 7 September 2022 – 5 September 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Dmytro Sennychenko |
| Succeeded by | Olha Pishchanska |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 29 August 2019 – 7 September 2022 | |
| Constituency | Holos, No. 18 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 April 1982 Krasnogvardeysk, Samarkand Oblast, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan) |
| Nationality | Crimean Tatar |
| Political party | Holos |
| Education | National Academy of Management Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |
Umerov is a former deputy head of the permanent delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a delegate of the Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar People, and an adviser to former Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People chair Mustafa Dzhemilev. Since December 2020, Umerov has also co-chaired the Crimea Platform diplomatic initiative.
In September 2023, amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy named Umerov to replace Oleksii Reznikov as defense minister of Ukraine.