KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada – gathered at an extraordinary plenary session convened by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on March 4 – voted to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk.

The youngest leader of a Ukrainian government in modern history, 35-year-old Mr. Honcharuk was appointed on August 29, 2019. Because Mr. Honcharuk’s team had a year of immunity dating from the appointment, the Parliament could not dismiss the government without their acquiescence. That is why the prime minister wrote a letter of resignation.