KIEV, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Taras Kutovyi said Wednesday that he has left his post to pursue a career in the private sector.
"I have a desire to return to business and work for attracting investment," Kutovyi said on Facebook.
The resignation has not affected the work of the ministry, which is functioning in the regular mode, he added.
On late Tuesday, the Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry said Kutovyi has submitted his resignation, without giving reasons behind his decision.
Kutovyi, 41, was appointed as Ukraine's agriculture minister in April 2016. Before his appointment, he had served as the chief executive in a string of Ukrainian investment companies and as president of Raiz, an agricultural giant in the country.
The ministry has listed the introduction of agricultural subsidies for small farmers, the expansion of Ukraine's food export markets, and a 49.5-percent investment increase in the agricultural sector as Kutovyi's main achievements as agriculture minister.
