Ivan Verbytskyi
Ivan Verbytskyi | |
|---|---|
Вербицький Іван Іванович | |
| Deputy Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office 25 September 2025 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelensky |
| Prime Minister | Yulia Svyrydenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 7, 1994 |
Ivan Ivanocych Verbytskyi (Ukrainian: Іван Іванович Вербицький; born 7 June 1994, Lviv Oblast) is a Ukrainian politician and activist. Appointed Deputy Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine on 25 September 2025.[1]
Biography
[edit]Verbytskyi was born in a religious Orthodox Christian family in Lviv Oblast.[2] He graduated from the faculty of politology and got a doctorate of sociology at the Kyiv-Mohyla university. After graduation he moved to Kyiv, where he actively participated in LGBTQ+ activism, helping with the organisation of KyivPride.[3]
From 2019 to 2024 he was the head of the CEDOS think tank, which won the New European Bauhaus Prize 2024. In 2015–2019 he was managing the urban platform Mistosite and the "Ukrainian Urban Forum".[4] Verbytskyi participated in the Council of Europe projects regarding development of the Concept of Integrated Development of the Podilskyi District of Kyiv.[3]
On 25 September 2025 Verbytskyi was appointed Deputy Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Verbytskyi publicly came out as gay in a facebook post in 2019.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kitsoft. "Кабінет Міністрів України - Про призначення Вербицького І. І. заступником Міністра культури та стратегічних комунікацій України". www.kmu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ^ a b "«До Берліна майже як до Грозного». Рік тому Іван з релігійної родини зробив публічний камінг-аут. Як змінилося його життя?". bit.ua Медіа про життя і технології в ньому. 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ^ a b "У Мінкульті з'явився новий заступник міністра: чим він займатиметься | Еспресо". espreso.tv. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ^ Роксолана, Поковба (2025-09-27). "Уряд призначив Вербицького заступником міністра культури". Букви (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-09-28.