Yuriy Odarchenko Юрій Одарченко | |
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Governor of Kherson Oblast | |
In office 2 March 2014 – 27 August 2014 | |
President | Oleksandr Turchynov (acting) |
Preceded by | Mykola Kostyak |
Succeeded by | Andriy Putilov |
Personal details | |
Born | Yuriy Vitaliyovych Odarchenko 5 April 1960 Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Political party | Batkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party |
Alma mater | Kherson State Agrarian University (PhD in Economics) |
Yuriy Vitaliyovych Odarchenko ( Ukrainian: Юрій Віталійович Одарченко) (born 5 April 1960 [1]) is a Ukrainian politician, member of the Batkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party. 2006–2014 he was a member of Ukrainian parliament. On 2 March 2014 Odarchenko was appointed the governor of Kherson Oblast. [2]
In the 2006 and 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Odarchenko was elected to parliament as a candidate of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. [3] In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was reelected to parliament for Batkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party. [1] [3]
On 2 March 2014 Odarchenko was appointed the governor of Kherson Oblast. [2] Odarchenko's gubernal 2014 9 May Victory Day speech caused controversy in its crowd. [nb 1]
During the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Odarchenko lost in constituency 182 to Oleksandr Spivakovskyy with a minimal difference. [6]
On 27 August 2014 he resigned his position as governor due to disagreements with the new President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
During 17 July 2016 constituency mid-term elections Odarchenko was elected back into the Ukrainian parliament for Batkivshchyna (in constituency 183). [3] [7]
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Odarchenko failed to get elected back into the Ukrainian parliament for Batkivshchyna after losing in constituency 182 finishing fourth with 7.32% of the votes. [8]
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