FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy delivers a speech during a ceremony to celebrate Ukraine's Independence Day, in Kiev, Ukraine August 24, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
KIEV (Reuters) - Political novice and presidential protege Oleksiy Honcharuk was appointed as Ukraine's prime minister on Thursday and said economic reforms aimed at accelerating growth would be the focus of his premiership.
Lawmakers reconvening after a national election in July ratified the 35-year-old lawyer's nomination, presented earlier in the day by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. He had warned the legislature that it risked being dissolved if it dragged its feet over reforms.
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