About three weeks after death of predecessor Denys #Monastyrskyj, Ihor #Klymenko was officially appointed as #Ukraine's new Interior Minister. According to media reports, a two-thirds majority in parliament in Kyiv voted in favor of the 50-year-old ex-police chief, who has been acting as head of the ministry for the past few weeks. Monastyrskyj died in a helicopter crash in mid-January.

Der ukrainische Innenminister Denys #Monastyrskyj ist tot. Bei einem Hubschrauber Absturz ums Leben gekommen.

Der Innenminister der #Ukraine, Denys #Monastyrskyj, wurde bei einem Hubschrauberabsturz nahe #Kyiv getötet.

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