Yevhen Nyshchuk

Yevhen Mykolayovych Nyshchuk (Ukrainian: Євген Миколайович Нищук; born 29 December 1972) is Ukrainian theater and cinema actor, Merited Artist of Ukraine and a former Minister of Culture of Ukraine. He held the post from February to December 2014, and again from April 2016 to August 2019. Born 29 December 1972 in Ivano-Frankivsk.

In 1995, he graduated from National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kyiv (Workshop of National Artist of Ukraine Valentina Zymnya).

He attended the Actor Kyiv academic workshop of theater art "Constellation".

Nyshchuk was Minister of Culture of Ukraine in the 2014 Yatsenyuk Government from 27 February 2014 till 2 December 2014. In the 2 December 2014 appointed second Yatsenyuk Government, he did not return. Nyshchuk also did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. From 14 April 2016 until 29 August 2019 he was again Minister of Culture.Nyshchuk took part in the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election with the party Ukrainian Strategy. But this party did not win, any seats in the election.