on 24 february 2014, just after the "maidan revolution", the verkhovna rada dismissed ihor sorkin as governor of the national bank of ukraine and replaced him with stepan kubiv. kubiv himself was replaced by valeriya hontareva on 19 june 2014. hontareva is the first female to lead the bank. she offered her resignation on 10 april 2017. on 11 may 2017 the bank installed deputy governor yakiv smoliy as acting governor. on 15 march 2018 the verkhovna rada elected smoliy as governor of the national bank.