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Ulana Suprun wore the blouse in which her grandmother got married at the age of 17 before having to flee Ukraine during World War II when she was appointed as first deputy health minister of Ukraine on July 22, 2016.

The Detroit-area native and U.S.-trained radiologist took a selfie dressed in that blouse with Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman upon her appointment. She wore it again when she got appointed as acting minister of health on August 1, 2016, and again during Parliament’s first session in September of that year after summer break.

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