Ihor Terekhov

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Ihor Terekhov
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Mayor of Kharkiv
Assumed office
11 November 2021[1] (acting from 24 December 2020[2])
Preceded byHennadiy Kernes
Personal details
Born
Ihor Oleksandrovych Terekhov

(1967-01-14) 14 January 1967 (age 54)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
CitizenshipUkraine
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyKernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv
WebsiteOfficial mayoral website

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Terekhov officially became the mayor of Kharkiv, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2021)
  2. ^ a b c d The Rada has scheduled the election of the mayor of Kharkiv for October, Ukrayinska Pravda (30 March 2021) (in Ukrainian)
  3. ^ a b c d e f He came out of the shadows. What is known about Ihor Terekhov, who became acting the mayor of Kharkiv after the death of Hennadiy Kernes, (17 December 2020) (in Ukrainian)
  4. ^ a b Our Team for the Kharkiv Regional Council, Block Kernes - Successful Kharkiv (in Ukrainian)
  5. ^ a b Death of Kharkiv mayor Kernes marks end of era UkraineAlert by , Atlantic Council (22 December 2020)
  6. ^ a b Kharkiv mayor Kernes dies, Ukrinform (17 December 2020)
    Помер Геннадій Кернес: мер Харкова, який виграв вибори з реанімації, BBC Ukrainian (17 December 2020) (in Ukrainian)
  7. ^ a b c d (in Ukrainian) Kharkiv mayoral election: the court denied OPORA's lawsuits, although it acknowledged differences, Ukrayinska Pravda (9 November 2021)
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Small biography on Ihor Terekhov, Civil movement "Chesno" (in Ukrainian)
  9. ^ The first donors appeared in the Kernes Bloc - Successful Kharkiv party (Updated), Civil movement "Chesno" (24 June 2020) (in Ukrainian)
  10. ^ Kharkiv City Council denies reports on mayor's COVID-19 coma, UNIAN (15 September 2020)
  11. ^ (in Ukrainian) "Servant of the people" will not nominate a candidate for mayor of Kharkiv, Ukrayinska Pravda (6 September 2021)
  12. ^ (in Ukrainian) Kernes' bloc nominated Terekhov as a candidate for mayor, Ukrayinska Pravda (6 September 2021)

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