The Cabinet of Ministers by its resolution dismissed Andriy Lopushansky from the post of first deputy chairman of the board of NAK "Naftogaz Ukrainy". This is stated in the Cabinet resolution (No. 558 dated April 27), reports UNIAN.
"Dismiss... in connection with transition to an elected position," the resolution states.
Lopushansky held the post of first deputy chairman of the board of "Naftogaz Ukrainy" since July 2005.
Lopushansky has been recognized as elected to the Verkhovna Rada from the "Our Ukraine" bloc (No. 70 on the list).
NAK "Naftogaz Ukrainy" is the largest state vertically integrated oil and gas company of Ukraine, whose enterprises extract more than 97% of gas and oil in the country.
NAK is engaged in field development, oil and gas extraction, their transportation, and since autumn 2002 also in the sale of petroleum products through its own filling station network.