Yuriy Vitrenko in parliament / Photo from UNIAN, by Oleksandr Kuzmin
Buslavets tendered her resignation as first deputy energy minister on December 21.
Ukraine's government has tapped Yuriy Vitrenko, who was a top manager of oil and gas giant NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, to appoint acting energy minister after Olha Buslavets' decision to step down.
This was reported on the Ukrainian Cabinet's website.
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The government decided to accept a letter of resignation tendered by Buslavets, who held the post of first deputy energy minister.
Vitrenko will combine the posts of acting energy minister and first deputy energy minister, the report said.
The government also rescinded a resolution on the appointment of Yuriy Boyko as acting energy minister, it said.