Overview
- Education Minister Oksen Lisovyi said Mykhailo Poplavsky’s contract expired after more than 30 years at the helm of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.
- The ministry named Ihor Komarnytskyi as acting president with a mandate to organize elections that are open, competitive, objective, and free from undue influence.
- Lisovyi criticized the long-time leader’s public style as shaping a distorted view of cultural institutions and noted repeated public allegations of harassment.
- Officials also flagged potential conflicts of interest tied to combining leadership of the state university with activities in a related private educational institution.
- Lisovyi recalled Poplavsky’s 2023 statement that a new leader should take over, while media note the 73-year-old is a singer, professor, and former lawmaker.