title: Oksana Zholnovych
text: # Oksana Zholnovych
  
  Oksana Ivanivna Zholnovych (Ukrainian: Оксана Іванівна Жолнович; born 21 February 1979) is a Ukrainian stateswoman and politician. On 19 July 2022, she was appointed as the Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine.
  
  ## Biography
  
  In 2001, she graduated from University of Lviv. Holds the title of PhD in Law.
  
  From 2019 to 2020, she was an adviser to the Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine in the field of protection of persons with disabilities.
  
  From 2020 to 2022, she was the head of the Department of Social Policy and Health Care of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
  
  On July 19, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine appointed Oksana Zholnovych as Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine. This decision was supported by 282 deputies.
  
  