Denys Maslov

Denys Viacheslavovych Maslov (; born 1 August 1983) is a Ukrainian judge, lawyer, politician, and the Minister of Justice of Ukraine since 16 July 2026.

Maslov was the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy from July 2022 to July 2026.

Biography

Maslov received a law and economic degree from the Oles Honchar Dnipro National University.

He was attorney at law (2010-2020) and a judge of the Dnipro district court of the city of Dniprodzerzhinsk (2016-2018).

In the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Maslov was a proxy for presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskyi in the single-mandate constituency 26 (located in Dnipro).

Maslov participated in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election (placed 138th on the party list Servant of the People party).

On 11 June 2020, Maslov became a People's Deputy of the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada.

On 29 July 2022, Maslov was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy.

Maslov is one of the lead authors of a group Draft Law in the field of judicial reform in Ukraine. He also supported the controversial 12414 Law against the independence of SAP and NABU.