Oleksandr Saienko

Saienko stayed on has minister until on 29 August 2019 the Honcharuk government was installed.

Saienko took part in the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election with the party Ukrainian Strategy. But this party did not manage to win any parliamentary seats.

He heads the Reforms Delivery Office under the prime minister of Ukraine. On April 26, 2017, the Cabinet of Ministers appointed Oleksandr Saienko as a chairman of the Coordination Council for Public Administration Reform. Honorary president of the National Sambo Federation of Ukraine (elected on September 6, 2017th at the extraordinary NFSU conference).

On April 26, 2017, the Government approved the concept of ministries reform proposed by O. Saienko.

On April 14, 2016, he was appointed Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

One of the main areas of his responsibility is the public administration reform. It started May 2016 with the entry into effect by the Law of Ukraine "On State Service." Then it has been designated as one of the priority Government reforms.

In June 2016, The Government approved the Public Administration Reform Strategy for 2016 – 2020 with a clear action plan for its implementation. In December, at the meeting of the Association Committee, the Financial Agreement with the EU was signed in support of the reform.

In November 2016, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the concept of introducing the positions of reform specialists.

At the meeting of the Government of April 26, 2016, Oleksandr Saienko presented his concept of the reform of ministries.

Head of the working group on privatization, according to the Government resolution dated June 24, 2015, No. 525 from February 14, 2018.

In March 2015, he became head of the secretariat of the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

In 2014, he works as an advisor to the vice prime minister – Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities of Ukraine. In 2015, he heads the secretariat of the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Parliament of Ukraine).

From March 2014, Saienko works as an senior advisor to the vice prime minister – Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities of Ukraine. From January to March 2015, he worked as assistant consultant to the Member of Ukrainian Parliament V. B. Hroisman.

Oleksandr Saienko graduated from the Kyiv Professional and Pedagogical College named after Anton Makarenko, later on – from the National Academy of State Tax Service of Ukraine (2006) with a specialization in "Jurisprudence."

"A Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers shall be responsible for horizontal communications and coordinate work of ministries in different areas. For example, there are reforms requiring the participation of several ministries and departments – therefore, horizontal communications are required. Examples may be the administrative reform and civil service reform. "It is about the effective interaction among ministries and the organization of the meetings of the government," – he noted in an interview to the Internet-periodical “Livyi Bereh.”

In 2011, he completed his studies at the Center for Creative Leadership (USA) and at the Canada School of Public Service.

From 2006 until 2009 he is doctoral candidate at the Legislation Institute of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

From February to April 2006, he worked in the position of senior tax inspector at the Organization and Administrative Management Department of the State Tax Service in Kyiv Oblast. From April to September 2006, he worked in the position of head of department for European Integration and International Cooperation at the Department for Strategic Management and Efficiency of Public Service of the Main Department of Civil Service of Ukraine. In October 2006, he was transferred to the position of head of department for International Cooperation of the Center for Support of Civil Service Institutional Development of the Main Department of Civil Service of Ukraine. Later on he was the first deputy director of the Center for Support of Civil Service Institutional Development and since 2009 occupied the position of director of the School of Senior Civil Service of Ukraine (city of Kyiv). In December 2011, he starts working for the Ukraine Economic Reform Fund (city of Kyiv) in the position of economic consultant.

During 2005, he served at the Center for Support of Civil Service Institutional Development of the Main Department of the Civil Service of Ukraine, on the position of senior consultant at the Department for Legal Support and Rule-Making, and head of International Cooperation Department.

In 2005–2006, he participated in a functional survey of ministries, worked on the Law of Ukraine "On State Service," participated in the assessment of the public administration system under the Sigma Program and in the implementation of Institution Building Instruments Twinning, TAIEX.

Saienko began his working career in 2003 in the position of lead specialist on Labor and Social Protection Department of the Shevchenko County State Administration in the city of Kyiv. In June 2004, he moved to the Ministry of Economy and European Integration to work in the position of lead specialist at the Office of Legal Support for the Budget Policy.

Oleksandr Saienko (Ukrainian – Олександр Саєнко, sometimes transliterated as Oleksandr Sayenko) (born February 29, 1984, in the city of Kyiv) – Ukrainian politician, Minister at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (since April 14, 2016). Within the Volodymyr Hroisman's Government, he was responsible for the implementation of priority reforms and coordination of work of the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

In the position of Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Oleksandr Saienko was responsible for the implementation of multi-sector reforms and liaisons among ministries. The activities of a Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine are governed by Regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 394 of 28/06/2016.