Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada or parliament Thursday confirmed the appointment of Volodymyr Groysman as new Prime Minister in a bid to end months of political gridlock and unlock vital aid to the war torn-state.

Lawmakers voted by 257 to 50 to approve the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk — condemned by President Petro Poroshenko for losing the public’s trust — and select Groysman in the first cabinet overhaul since Ukraine’s 2014 pro-EU revolt.

He is the first openly Jewish person to hold the country’s second highest post and, at 38, the youngest person to have the job.

A new Groysman-led government could end months of political infighting that has stalled efforts to tackle graft and delayed billions of dollars in foreign loans.

But reformists have expressed concern over the departure of experienced Western-backed technocrats from the cabinet.

Speaking ahead of the vote, Groysman, an ally of President Petro Poroshenko and former President of the parliament, said his government was committed to tackling graft and strengthening ties with the European Union.

“I understand the threats that face us. In particular I would like to highlight three threats - corruption, ineffective governance and populism, which do not pose less of a threat than the enemy in eastern Ukraine,” he said, referring to a pro-Russian separatist rising.

“I will show you what leading a country really means,” he added.

Vlodymir Groysman, a lawyer with a background in business, is the former mayor of the city Vinnytsia where he regularly visits the synagogue as az member of his central Ukraine city’s Jewish community.

In interviews with the Ukrainian media, Groysman spoke of his grandfather Isaac’s survival during the Holocaust, when he pretended to be dead after being dropped by Nazis into a mass grave.

On January 27, International Holocaust Memorial Day, when Groysman was the chairman of the parliament, he asked other lawmakers to stand for a minute’s silence in honor of the victims of the Jewish genocide. It was the first time such a gesture took place in parliament.

Around 250,000 Jews live in Ukraine.