Factbox: New Ukraine president picks top reformist, men with oligarch ties


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  • Saturday, 01 Jun 2019

FILE PHOTO: Andriy Bogdan, a lawyer and adviser to new President Zelenskiy, attends a news conference in front of the Presidential administration headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine May 21, 2019. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appointed a mix of people to his core team, which includes a reformist former finance minister, men with ties to a controversial oligarch and people from his TV production company.

Zelenskiy was an actor and comedian who entered the presidential race as a political novice. He defeated then- incumbent Petro Poroshenko by a landslide in April but has faced scrutiny over his ties to businessman Ihor Kolomoisky.

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