Ukraine appoints customs chief to strengthen hand in upcoming IMF talks

Ukraine's Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko approved Orest Mandziy as head of the State Customs Service, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on April 10. Manziy was formerly a detective at the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, or NABU.

As part of a push to improve Kyiv's revenue collection to raise money for the war effort, Ukraine agreed to select a new permanent head of the service as part of a 2023–2025 lending agreement with the International Monetary Fund. But the selection process was repeatedly stalled.

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