Budanov Kyrylo Olexiyovych

Budanov's latest rating
6 August 2026
: 8.3%
Date of birth: 04.01.1986
Place of birth: Kyiv
Age: 40 years 8 months 11 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

Mikhail Fedorov: The format of my possible participation in the presidential or parliamentary elections will be determined "when we reach that point."
22 days back
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: "I believe that during a war like this, elections in general pose a major risk. Elections right now would be a tsunami for the state, which would divide Ukraine. My strategy is to see the country through to the end of the war, preserving an independent and sovereign state. And I will implement it."
22 days back
Former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov: Ukraine needs to find a mechanism to hold elections amid war. All Ukrainians must have the opportunity to vote.
27 days back
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."
199 days back