Andrii Prokopenko

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Andrii Prokopenko
Андрій Прокопенко
Прокопенко на Ніжинському аеродромі .jpg
Governor of Chernihiv Oblast
In office
1 November 2019 – 12 September 2020
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
Prime MinisterOleksiy Honcharuk
Denys Shmygal
Preceded byNataliia Romanova (Acting)[1]
Succeeded byAnna Kovalenko
Personal details
Born
Andrii Leonidovych Prokopenko

(1982-01-10) 10 January 1982 (age 39)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Political partyOur Land
Servant of the People
EducationUniversity of Kyiv
Occupationentrepreneur
politician
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Andrii Leonidovych Prokopenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Леонідович Прокопенко; born 10 January 1982) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. Prokopenko is a former Governor of Chernihiv Oblast.

Biography[]

In 2003, he graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.[2]

Prokopenko is a Candidate of Philosophical Sciences.[2]

Former director of the NGO Institute of Social Development.[2]

He was a managing partner of Prokopenko & Partners.[2]

From 2015 to 2017, Prokopenko was a member of the Chernihiv Oblast Council for the party Our Land.[3][4]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Prokopenko & Partners did sociological research for the party Servant of the People, and Prokopenko himself led that party's headquarters in Odesa during the parliamentary elections.[4]

Prokopenko was Governor of Chernihiv Oblast from 1 November 2019 until 12 September 2020.[5][6][7] Prokopenko resigned as Governor on 12 September 2020 because he claimed he was left out of the selection of candidates for the 2020 election of the Chernihiv Oblast Council.[5] 4 days later the Cabinet of Ministers approved the resignation of the head of the regional state administration.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 793/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Прокопенко Андрей Леонидович". (in Russian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "Zelenskyy Appoints Prokopenko Chernihiv Governor". Ukrainian News Agency. November 1, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Local elections. Chernihiv region: demarche of the head of the regional state administration and new and forgotten faces of "servants", The Ukrainian Week (21 September 2020)
  5. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) The head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration resigned, Ukrayinska Pravda (12 September 2020)
  6. ^ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 794/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  7. ^ "Chernihiv region is in TOP 3 regions in terms of decentralization reform - Andriy Prokopenko". Interfax-Ukraine. January 14, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.

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