Serhiy Serhiyovych Nykyforov (Ukrainian: Сергій Сергійович Никифоров) is a press secretary in the administration of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.[1][2][3]

Serhiy Nykyforov
Сергій Никифоров
Press secretary of the President of Ukraine
In office
9 July 2021 - present
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
Preceded byIuliia Mendel
Personal details
Born (1986-07-10) 10 July 1986 (age 38)
Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Alma materTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Occupationjournalist, spokesperson

Early life

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Serhii Nykyforov was born in Kryvyi Rih.

He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.[4]

Nykyforov worked as a correspondent of the TV channels First National (2007–2011) and Euronews (2011–2017), and he worked as television presenter of the TV channels Ukraine and Ukraine 24 (2018–2021).[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Nykyforov appointed president's press secretary instead of Mendel". Kyiv Post. No. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ^ Oleg Sukhov (24 June 2019). "TV journalist Nikiforov replaces Mendel as Zelensky's press secretary". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Про призначення С.Никифорова Прес-секретарем Президента України". Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Хто такий Сергій Никифоров, новий прессекретар Зеленського". bbc.com. BBC News Ukrainian. 2021-06-25.
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