Ihor Baluta

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Ihor Myronovych Baluta
Ігор Миронович Балута
Ihor Raynin[2]
Personal details
Born (1970-12-10) December 10, 1970 (age 53)
Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyBatkivshchyna until 2014 [3]
ProfessionPediatrician[4]

Ihor Myronovych Baluta (

Ukrainian politician and Governor of Kharkiv Oblast from March 2014 to February 2015.[4][5][2]

Biography

Baluta was born 9 July 1970 in

CEO of two commercial enterprises.[1] Late 2004 he participated in the Orange Revolution.[6] From April 2005 until September 2010 Baluta served as head of the main Directorate of labour and social protection of the population of Kharkiv Oblast (province).[1]

In 2010 he was elected as a Deputy of the Kharkiv Oblast Council (for Batkivshchyna).[1][4] In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Baluta was for Batkivshchyna in constituency 168 situated in Kharkiv.[1][7] He finished second in this race with 29.34% (winner Valeriy Pysarenko of Party of Regions won with 43.44%).[7][8]

On 2 March 2014 Baluta was appointed Governor of Kharkiv Oblast.

state administration building was occupied multiple times by pro-Russians (until it became fully under Ukrainian control); accompanied by violent clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian demonstrators.[10][11][12][13][4][14][15] Kharkiv returned to relative calm by 30 April.[16]

On 3 February 2015

Ihor Raynin as governor in his place.[2]

In the October 2015 Ukrainian local elections Baluta was a candidate for Mayor of Kharkiv for the party Volunteer Party of Ukraine.[17] The election was won by incumbent Mayor Hennadiy Kernes.[18]

In the October 2020 Ukrainian local elections Baluta was a candidate for the Kharkiv Oblast Council for the party Aktsent.[19] He, nor his party, were elected to this regional parliament.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j (in Russian) Short bio, SQ
  2. ^ a b c d (in Ukrainian) Poroshenko replaced Baluta and Raynin is appointed head of Kharkiv Oblast, Espreso TV (3 February 2015)
  3. ^ (in Russian)[1]
  4. ^ a b c d Kharkiv torn between Europe and Russia, Deutsche Welle (6 March 2014)
  5. ^ a b c Newly appointed Kharkiv governor makes first public appearance, Kyiv Post (March 4, 2014)
  6. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (7 July 2012)
  7. ^ a b (in Russian) Short bio of Valeriy Pysarenko, Segodnya (19 September 2012)
  8. RBC Ukraine
  9. ^ Roth, Andrew (4 March 2014). "From Russia, 'Tourists' Stir the Protests". The New York Times.
    "Russian site recruits 'volunteers' for Ukraine". BBC News. 4 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Pro-Russia activists declare establishment of 'Kharkiv people's republic'". Focus Information Agency. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  11. ^ "Kharkiv settles down, while pro-Russian separatists still hold buildings in Luhansk, Donetsk". Kyiv Post. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Kharkiv city government building infiltrated by pro-Russian protesters". Kyiv Post. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  13. ^ "Кернес пообіцяв допомогти звільнити затриманих сепаратистів | Українська правда". Pravda.com.ua. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  14. ^ "После нападения антимайдановцев на митинг Евромайдана в Харькове пострадало 50 человек : Новости УНИАН". Unian.net. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  15. ^ "Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine". Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. 14 April 2014. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  16. ^ "Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine – based on information received up until 29 April 2014" (Press release). Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  17. ^ (in Ukrainian) He rushes to the authorities in the largest cities of Ukraine, Korrespondent.net (8 October 2015)
  18. ^ Kernes wins elections for Kharkiv mayor with over 65% of vote, Interfax-Ukraine (31 October 2015)
  19. ^ (in Ukrainian) The ex-head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration will run for the regional council from the party owned by Bogoslovska, Depo.ua (18 September 2020)
  20. Central Election Commission of Ukraine

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Preceded by Governor of Kharkiv Oblast
2014-2015 		Succeeded by
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