KIEV, July 8 – Ukraine's parliament has appointed its quota of four out of nine members of the National Bank of Ukraine Council: economic theory department chairman of Ternopil National Economic University Viktor Koziuk was appointed for seven years, former director of the chief monetary and credit policy department at the NBU Olena Scherbakova for six years, member of the editorial staff of VoxUkraine website Tymofiy Milovanov for five years and former deputy NBU governor Vira Rychakivska for four years.

A total of 258 lawmakers supported the decision.

Before voting First Deputy Head of the financial policy and banks committee Mykhailo Dovbenko said that Petro Poroshenko Bloc decided to replace candidate Stanislav Arzhevitin, the head of the council of the Association of Ukrainian Banks (AUB), by Koziuk, and the committee on Thursday backed the proposal.