President appoints new Lviv Oblast governor

President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko has signed a decree appointing Mykola Kmit as chairman of the Lviv Oblast State Administration.

The text of the decree is posted at the official web site of the Ukrainian President.

As UNIAN reported earlier, on February 20 President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko dismissed Petro Oliynyk from post of the Lviv Oblast governor. On February 28, the President appointed M.Kmit as acting Lviv Oblast governor.

On August 27,  Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Petro Krupko claimed that the government will make a submission to President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko about appointing M.Kmit as the governor.