Taras Kachka

Taras Andriyovych Kachka (; born 28 November 1979) is a Ukrainian politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic integration since 2025. From 2019 to 2025, he served as .

Early life Kachka was born in 1979 within the village of Dymytrove, which was located within the Kirovohrad Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR (now Oleksandriiske, Ukraine). After graduating secondary school, he graduateed with a bachelor's degree in law from the International Scientific and Technical University named after Academician Yuriy Bugay (ISTU) and later a master's degree in law from Kyiv University.

Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration

In his role as Deputy Prime Minister, Kachka has been an advocate for the accelerated Accession of Ukraine to the European Union. He has stated that Ukraine aims to achieve full technical integration into the EU energy market by 2027, noting that legislation had already been prepared to align Ukraine with nine EU energy acts, and was just waiting for final parliamentary approval by the Verkhovna Rada. However, some EU governments have expressed skepticism about the 2027 date.