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Oleksiy Kucher

Oleksiy Kucher

Ukrainian politician

Oleksiy Volodymyrovych Kucher (Ukrainian: Олексій Володимирович Кучер; born 23 March 1985[2]) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician.[3] Kucher was Governor of Kharkiv Oblast from November 2019 until November 2020.[4][1]

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Biography

Kucher studied at the H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University.[5]

He also graduated from the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University.[5]

He obtained his lawyer's license in 2011. Teacher at the High School of Advocacy.[6]

Kucher was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[7] As a candidate of Servant of the People he won election district 179 (located in Kharkiv Oblast) with 50.62% of the votes; Serhii Chernov of Opposition Bloc placed second with 17.25% of the votes.[8] In parliament he became member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy.[5]

On 11 November 2019 President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Kucher Governor of Kharkiv Oblast.[4]

In the October 2020 Kharkiv mayoral election Kucher was the mayoral candidate of Servant of the People.[9] He finished third with 7.24%, losing to incumbent mayor Hennadiy Kernes.[9]

President Zelensky dismissed Kucher, as Governor of Kharkiv Oblast, on 27 November 2020.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    (in Ukrainian) Zelensky appointed leaders of Kharkiv and Odesa regions, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 November 2020)
  2. [2]
    "Кучер Олексій Володимирович". Central Election Commission (in Ukrainian). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Zelensky introduces new Kharkiv governor". UNIAN. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 806/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Кучер Олексій Володимирович". dovidka.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
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    "Кучер Алексей Владимирович". ru.slovoidilo.ua (in Russian). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Some 254 MPs enter Rada from Servant of the People, 124 MPs from other parties, 46 MPs self-appointed". Interfax-Ukraine. July 26, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
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    "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
  9. [9]
    (in Ukrainian) Kharkiv, the votes in the mayoral election were counted: who wins and whether there will be a second round, UNIAN (4 November 2020)
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