Yulia Svyrydenko becomes Ukraine's new prime minister

The Ukrainian Parliament, Verkhovna Rada, has officially appointed Yulia Svyrydenko as Ukraine's new Prime Minister, Report informs via RBC-Ukraine.

The decision was supported by 262 MPs.

Svyrydenko becomes only the second woman in Ukraine's history to lead the Cabinet of Ministers, and the first in the last 15 years.

The new prime minister, 39, was born in Chernihiv to a family of civil servants. She graduated with honors from the Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics and completed postgraduate studies. She also took management courses in Germany and Sweden and speaks fluent English and Chinese.