Ihor Terekhov | |
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Ігор Терехов | |
6th Mayor of Kharkiv | |
Assumed office 11 November 2021 [1] (acting from 24 December 2020 [2]) | |
Preceded by | Hennadiy Kernes |
Personal details | |
Born | Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | 14 January 1967
Citizenship | Ukraine |
Political party | Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv |
Website | Official 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]
Terekhov was born on 14 January 1967 in Kharkiv. [3] [4]
In 1990, Terekhov graduated from the Kharkiv Engineering and Construction Institute . [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 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Terekhov was a candidate for 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. [8] Following the 2010 Ukrainian local elections he became leader of the deputy faction of the Kharkiv city council of Opposition Bloc – Truth and Deeds. [8]
In the October 2015 Kharkiv local election, Terekhov was elected a deputy of the Kharkiv City Council a candidate of Revival. [8] In the October 2020 Kharkiv local election, he was in second place on the party list re-elected for the party Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv, the party of then incumbent Mayor Hennadiy Kernes. [8] [9] [10] On 17 December 2020 Kernes died in Berlin of COVID-19. [6] After the death of Kernes his duties were performed by City Council Secretary Terekhov. [5]
The Kharkiv City Council terminated the powers of Kernes on 24 December 2020 [2] On 30 March 2021 the Ukrainian parliament set the date for the Kharkiv early mayoral election on 31 October 2021. [2] [11] In this election Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv nominated Terekhov as its mayoral candidate. [12] The election commission declared Terekhov the winner of the election with 50.66% of the votes. [7] 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]
Ihor Terekhov | |
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Ігор Терехов | |
6th Mayor of Kharkiv | |
Assumed office 11 November 2021 [1] (acting from 24 December 2020 [2]) | |
Preceded by | Hennadiy Kernes |
Personal details | |
Born | Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | 14 January 1967
Citizenship | Ukraine |
Political party | Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv |
Website | Official 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]
Terekhov was born on 14 January 1967 in Kharkiv. [3] [4]
In 1990, Terekhov graduated from the Kharkiv Engineering and Construction Institute . [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 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Terekhov was a candidate for 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. [8] Following the 2010 Ukrainian local elections he became leader of the deputy faction of the Kharkiv city council of Opposition Bloc – Truth and Deeds. [8]
In the October 2015 Kharkiv local election, Terekhov was elected a deputy of the Kharkiv City Council a candidate of Revival. [8] In the October 2020 Kharkiv local election, he was in second place on the party list re-elected for the party Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv, the party of then incumbent Mayor Hennadiy Kernes. [8] [9] [10] On 17 December 2020 Kernes died in Berlin of COVID-19. [6] After the death of Kernes his duties were performed by City Council Secretary Terekhov. [5]
The Kharkiv City Council terminated the powers of Kernes on 24 December 2020 [2] On 30 March 2021 the Ukrainian parliament set the date for the Kharkiv early mayoral election on 31 October 2021. [2] [11] In this election Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv nominated Terekhov as its mayoral candidate. [12] The election commission declared Terekhov the winner of the election with 50.66% of the votes. [7] 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]