Ruslan Prykhodko

Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine
Education
From 2023 to present – studying at the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School under the programme ‘Strategic Leadership in the Security and Defence Sector of Ukraine’
2011 – Specialist, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, ‘Law’, lawyer
2010 – Bachelor's degree, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, ‘Law’, Bachelor of Law
Career
08.2007 – 06.2011 – Cadet, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs
06.2011 - 12.2014 service in the internal affairs bodies of Ukraine, Ministry of Internal Affairs in Chernihiv region;
01.2015 – 03.2017 – Director, Sivertrans Trade LLC;
01.2021 – 05.2021 – Head of the Expert Group on Issues of Family Members of the Deceased, Family Members of the Heavenly Hundred and Victims of the Revolution of Dignity, Directorate for Social Protection, Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine;
05.2021 – 10.2021 – Director General of the Directorate for Honouring the Memory and Forming a Positive Image of Veterans, Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine;
10.2021 – 03.2022 – Director General of the Directorate for Civil Identity and Veteran Development, Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine;
03.2022 – 01.2023 – Director General of the Directorate for Social Protection, Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine;
01.2023 – 03.2024 – Director of the Department of Social Work, Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine.
State awards, honorary titles:
Gratitude from the Prime Minister of Ukraine (2023). Combatant (2021).
In March 2024, appointed Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine.