Ihor Petrashko, 44, deputy head of UkrLandFarming, is the lead candidate to become Ukraine’s economy minister

Ihor Petrashko, 44, deputy head of UkrLandFarming, is the lead candidate to become Ukraine’s economy minister, the Kyiv Post reports, citing two ruling party members who attended a meeting Monday where his candidacy was announced. For the last seven years, he has worked at UkrLandFarming, which controls about half a million hectares. Oleh Bakhmatiuk, the owner, is wanted in Ukraine on suspicion of bank fraud. Until the cabinet purge of March 4, the economy minister post was held by Timofiy Mylovanov, who had been President of the Kyiv School of Economics.