Zoriana Stetsiuk
Appointed State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine on 7 October 2026 (Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Order No. 1036-r of 7 October 2026). Before her appointment, she served as Director of the Directorate for Weapons Systems and Technology Development Policy at the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.
Areas of responsibility
- leading the Ministry Staff and supporting its operations;
- coordinating the work of the Ministry’s structural units and developing its management processes and teams;
- ensuring stability and continuity in the Ministry’s work.
Born in 1991 in Stebnyk.
Education
- 2012 — Yaroslav Mudryi National Law Academy of Ukraine, Bachelor’s degree in Law.
- 2013 — Yaroslav Mudryi National Law Academy of Ukraine, Master’s degree in Law, qualified as a lawyer.
Career
- 2013–2017 — Chief and leading specialist at the Kirovohrad City Justice Department and the Main Justice Department in Kirovohrad Oblast; from 2016, supported the work of the Government Agent before the European Court of Human Rights.
- 2017–2018 — Leading specialist in the Division for Legal Support of International Financial and Economic Cooperation, International Law Department, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.
- 2018–2019 — State expert at the Directorate for Human Rights, Access to Justice and Legal Awareness, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.
- 2019–2022 — State expert, later head of the expert group on public service reengineering, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
- July 2022 – July 2025 — Director of the Public Service Reengineering Directorate, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
- July 2025 – May 2026 — Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
- May – October 2026 — Director of the Directorate for Weapons Systems and Technology Development Policy, Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.
- Since 7 October 2026 — State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.