Budanov Kyrylo Olexiyovych

Budanov's latest rating
26 March 2026
: 13.7%
Date of birth: 04.01.1986
Place of birth: Kyiv
Age: 40 years 4 months 27 days
Political party: Non-party
Education: Odessa institute of Land forces (2007)
Profession: military, military intelligence

Government positions

from 02.01.2026 Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
from 05.08.2020 Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

Budanov's Rating 2025 - 2026

Volodymyr Zelenskyy: "Everything depends on these next few months—whether we'll have the opportunity to end the war before the fall. Before the elections—important, influential elections in the United States. If we can achieve peace, then we have a window of opportunity; that window is now open."
92 days back
The head of the Presidential Office, Kirill Budanov, declined to comment on his participation in the presidential elections: "My task now is to establish an effective negotiation process. Talking about elections in the current circumstances is pointless."
93 days back
Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk: The draft law on post-war elections, which the relevant working group is currently working on, will be submitted to parliament soon. Once it is drafted, Ukraine will be able to determine when the elections should take place.
95 days back
MP Sergei Yevtushok: A referendum on the terms of ending the war could be held in "Diya." There's already talk of this.
95 days back