Twenty four foreigners have been already chosen to serve in Ukraine's government, US citizen Natalie Jaresko and ex-president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili are allegedly among the potential candidates.

MOSCOW, December 1 (Sputnik) — The Ukrainian authorities will hire foreign qualified civil service professionals; US citizen Natalie Jaresko and Mikhail Saakashvili, the notorious former president of Georgia, are reportedly among potential candidates.

"Prague-based Pedersen & Partners and Korn Ferry, global head hunting firms, have found 185 potential employees, many of whom are members of the Ukrainian community in Canada, the US and the UK. After the job interviews, 24 candidates were recognized as fully qualified to serve in Ukraine's public offices. However, their names haven't been disclosed so far," Kyiv Post reported.

Natalie Jaresko, the Chief Executive Officer Horizon Capital, a private equity fund, was expected to assume the position of Finance Minister. However, according to the latest news, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy recommended Jaresko, "a true patriot of Ukraine," as the best candidate for the position of Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister.

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A Harvard Kennedy School graduate, Natalie Jaresko first arrived in Ukraine in 1992 as an economic section chief in the US Embassy in Kiev. In 1995, she had become an employee of Western NIS Enterprise Fund, sponsored by the US government. Soon after the Orange Revolution of 2004 Jaresko organized Horizon Capital, "a private equity fund manager that originates and manages investments in mid-cap companies