Born on October 15, 1975 in Lviv.
Education: Lviv Polytechnic National University
According to the declaration, Shmyhal has only a 16 sq.m. garage in Lviv. The official got real estate in 2018, bought it for UAH 85,000.
His wife owns a house (216 sq.m.) and a land plot (15 sq.m.) in Lviv. She got the property in 2013.
The declaration states that Katerina owns 25% of the land. It is also located in Lviv and costs UAH 500,000. Also, she has non-residential premises (417 sq.m.) in Kamianka-Buzka, Lviv region. The family also owns 4400 sq.m. of land in Khorosnytsia village, Lviv region.
His wife owns a 2016 Land Rover Discovery, bought in 2018 for UAH 831,000.
In 2019, Shmyhal earned UAH 3.3 million. His wife received UAH 25,000 of social benefits. The family keeps $235,000 in cash, and UAH 92,000 in bank accounts.
- In May 2014, two weeks after Shmyhal was appointed head of the Ministry of Revenues and Duties in Lviv region, a 32-year-old entrepreneur committed suicide by jumping from the 10th floor of the tax office in Lviv. The reason for the desperate act was allegedly a debt to the tax authorities. Later, activists said that the tax officers allegedly demanded a bribe $5,000 from her. Shmyhal assured that he knew nothing about it.
In the regional department of the Ministry of Revenue, they also assured that the woman had no debts. Six months later, criminal proceedings were opened against the companies that cooperated with the entrepreneur.
They were suspected of forging documents. In May 2015, the investigation over the death of a young mother (she had a two-month-old child) was stopped, the culprits were not found.