Svitlana Hrynchuk, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, was ranked 16th among ministers in terms of official income in the ministerial chair in 2024.
The infographic with the ranking of government officials was published by Slovo i Dilo. It was compiled on the basis of data from the declarations of members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for the previous year.
It became known that during the first 4 months in office (from September to December last year), Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk received UAH 466.5 thousand. According to the staffing table of the Ministry of Ecology for 2025, which EcoPolitic received at the request of EcoPolitic, the official salary of the head of the ministry is UAH 109 thousand 730. In the near future, we will publish an article about the salaries and responsibilities of Svitlana Hrynchuk's deputies.
It is worth noting that the rating data was affected by the fact that a significant number of government officials received their positions only in September (see notes on the infographic), so this also affected the total amounts.
The highest paid minister last year was the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov. He earned UAH 1.6 million. The lowest amount – UAH 90.5 thousand – was earned by the head of the new Ministry of National Unity, Oleksiy Chernyshov, as he returned to the Cabinet only in December.
Source: slovoidilo.ua.
The TOP-10 richest ministers by wealth in 2024 included:
- Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov – UAH 1 million 623.3 thousand;
- Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko – UAH 1 million 594.5 thousand
- Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko – UAH 1 million 560.9 thousand;
- Minister of Health Viktor Lyashko – UAH 1 million 536 thousand;
- Minister of Youth and Sports Matviy Bidnyi – UAH 1 million 443.2 thousand;
- Minister of Finance Sergiy Marchenko – UAH 1 million 436.9 thousand;
- Minister of Education and Science Oksen Lisovyi – UAH 1 million 402.5 thousand;
- Minister of Social Policy Oksana Zholnovych – UAH 1 million 389.9 thousand;
- Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov – UAH 1 million 237 thousand;
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiga – UAH 1 million 223.8 thousand.
The Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal was only in 13th place with UAH 1 million 160.3 thousand.
A year ago, the then Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Ruslan Strilets was among the top 10 richest ministers in Ukraine.
