Ihor Terekhov

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Oleksandrovych and the family name is Terekhov.
Ihor Terekhov
Ігор Терехов
6th Mayor of Kharkiv
Assumed office
11 November 2021[1]
(acting from 24 December 2020[2])
Preceded byHennadiy Kernes
Personal details
Born (1967-01-14) 14 January 1967 (age 57)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
CitizenshipUkraine
Political partyKernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv
WebsiteOfficial mayoral website[dead link]

Ihor Oleksandrovych Terekhov (Ukrainian: Ігор Олександрович Терехов; born 14 January 1967[3][4]) is a Ukrainian politician who is serving as the mayor of Kharkiv since 11 November 2021.[1] He ascended to the mayoralty on 24 December 2020 following Hennadiy Kernes' death due to COVID-19 complications.[5][6] The Kharkiv early mayoral election was held on 31 October 2021,[2] and Terekhov was declared the winner of the election with 50.66% of the votes.[7]

Biography

Terekhov was born on 14 January 1967 in Kharkiv.[3][4]

In 1990, Terekhov graduated from the Kharkiv Engineering and Construction Institute [uk; ru].[8] After which he remained at the university as a research intern.[3] Terekhov refereed 22 Ukrainian Premier League games from the 1992–93 season up until the 1994–95 season.[3]

Terekhov worked in the private sector from 1994 to 1997.[8]

From 1999 to 2006, Terekhov worked as a civil servant of the economic department of the Kharkiv City Council.[8] In 2006, Terekhov graduated from the National Academy for Public Administration.[8]

In the

Our Ukraine Bloc, but was not elected.[8] In 2007 was appointed the Deputy Head of Governor of Kharkiv Oblast Arsen Avakov.[3][8]

In 2010, Terekhov became Deputy Mayor of Kharkiv and in 2015 First Deputy Mayor.

Truth and Deeds.[8]

In the

Mikhail Dobkin finished the race in second place with 28.4% of the vote.[7] Observers reported numerous irregularities in the election and tried to annul the results of 9 polling stations through court.[7] At an extraordinary session of the Kharkiv City Council on 11 November 2021 Terekhov was sworn in as the new Mayor of Kharkiv.[1]

Terekhov has the title of "Honored Economist of Ukraine".[8] He divorced Olena Vynnyk in 2014.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (11 November 2021)
  2. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (30 March 2021) (in Ukrainian)
  3. ^
    nv.ua
    (17 December 2020) (in Ukrainian)
  4. ^
    Block Kernes - Successful Kharkiv
    (in Ukrainian)
  5. ^ a b Death of Kharkiv mayor Kernes marks end of era UkraineAlert by Brian Mefford, Atlantic Council (22 December 2020)
  6. ^
    BBC Ukrainian
    (17 December 2020) (in Ukrainian)
  7. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (9 November 2021)
  8. ^
    Civil movement "Chesno"
    (in Ukrainian)
  9. Civil movement "Chesno"
    (24 June 2020) (in Ukrainian)
  10. UNIAN
    (15 September 2020)
  11. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (6 September 2021)
  12. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (6 September 2021)

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