# Former deputy defense minister appointed to lead Ukraine’s state-run defense giant

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/former-deputy-defense-minister-appointed-to-lead-ukraines-state-run-defense-giant/
- Published: 2026-11-03T13:35:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T22:53:21+00:00
- Original publisher: Kyiv Independent (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://kyivindependent.com/former-deputy-defense-minister-appointed-to-lead-ukraines-state-run-defense-giant/
- Topics: Business, Companies, Europe, Government, Politics, Russia-Ukraine War, World

## Key points

- Ivan Havryliuk will lead Ukraine’s largest state-owned defence company.
- He previously oversaw procurement as first deputy defence minister.
- Ukroboronprom comprises around 100 defence industry enterprises.

## Summary

Former first deputy defence minister Lieutenant General Ivan Havryliuk has been appointed to lead Ukroboronprom, Ukraine’s largest state-owned defence company. The company said his military and management experience could help expand production and strengthen Ukraine’s defence industry.

Havryliuk served in the military from 1992 until 2020, returned after Russia’s full-scale invasion and held senior defence ministry roles, including overseeing procurement. His appointment followed an open competition; the post had been vacant since Herman Smetanin stepped down in July after a controversy involving a deadly explosion at an ammunition depot and an investigation into storage practices.

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