Herman Smetanin

Herman Smetanin
Герман Сметанін
Official portrait, 2024
Minister of Strategic Industries
Assumed office
5 September 2024
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byOleksandr Kamyshin
Personal details
Born (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992
Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
EducationKharkiv Secondary School No. 49
Alma mater

Herman Volodymyrovych Smetanin (Ukrainian: Герман Володимирович Сметанін; born 8 October 1992) is a Ukrainian politician who is the Minister of Strategic Industries since the 5th September 2024. Herman is also a defense industry management executive, General Director of the Joint Stock Company "Ukrainian Defense Industry" (since June 28, 2023), former General Director of the state enterprise "Malyshev Factory" (2023), and former Director of the Kharkiv Armored Plant (2021–2022).