Oleksandr Omelchenko

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Oleksandr Omelchenko
Олександр Омельченко
Oleksandr Omel'čenko
Омельченко Олександр Олександрович 2005.jpg
Head of the Kyiv City State Administration
In office
8 August 1996 – 20 April 2006
Preceded byLeonid Kosakivskyi
Succeeded byLeonid Chernovetskyi
Mayor of Kyiv
In office
30 May 1999 – 14 April 2006
Preceded byLeonid Kosakivskyi
Succeeded byLeonid Chernovetskyi
Personal details
Born (1938-08-09) August 9, 1938 (age 83)
Zoziv, Lypovets Raion, Ukrainian SSR
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyOur Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc[1]
Other political
affiliations		Oleksandr Omelchenko Bloc
Spouse(s)Lyudmyla[2]
ChildrenYan (1966), Oleksandr (1968)[2]
ResidenceKyiv, Ukraine
OccupationPolitician
Signature
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Omelchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Омельченко Oleksandr Oleksandrovyč Omel'čenko) became the mayor of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, in 1999. He lost his re-election bid in March 2006. Omelchenko is also a former member of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament).[2]

Omelchenko is the President of both the Association of the Cities of Ukraine and the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (1997-2006). In 2001, Omelchenko bought FC CSKA Kyiv from the Ministry of Defense and transformed it into FC Arsenal Kyiv.

Political career[]

During the 1999 Kyiv mayoral election, Omelchenko defeated a noted oligarch Hryhoriy Surkis, with 76 percent of the vote to Surkis's 16 percent. Omelchenko became the first elected mayor in Ukraine's modern history, with a platform highlighting his work in restoring much of Kyiv's historic buildings and renovating parts of downtown Kyiv.[3]

Omelchenko was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Unity Party, which he formerly chaired. Omelchenko was the only candidate for President whose son was a deputy in the Ukrainian parliament. His program included the urgent withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Iraq. After the Orange Revolution, Omelchenko joined the People's Union "Our Ukraine" party but did not disband his old party.

While he was running for a third term as Mayor of Kyiv in what was expected to be an easy victory in the March 2006 election, he was badly defeated and with 21% of the votes came third behind Leonid Chernovetsky (mayor-elect) and Vitali Klitschko.[4]

During the 2007 parliamentary elections Omelchenko was elected as an Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc deputy to the Verkhovna Rada.[2][5] He was expelled from that fraction in September 2011 because of supporting the Azarov Government.[6] However he voluntary left the faction the next month.[7] Omelchenko son Oleksandr was also a member of the Verkhovna Rada on an Our Ukraine ticket from 2002 till 2007.[2]

During the 2008 Kyiv local election Omelchenko was again a candidate for the post of Mayor of Kyiv but he only gained 2,53% of the votes this time; placing 6th after mayor-elect Chernovetsky.[8] His Oleksandr Omelchenko Bloc won only 2,26% and no seats in the Kyiv City Council.[9][10]

In the 2012 parliamentary elections,[11] Omelchenko at first intended to attempt to be re-elected into parliament in single-member districts number 220 situated in Kyiv; but he withdrew from the elections.[12]

During the 2014 Kyiv local election, Omelchenko was again a candidate for the post of Mayor of Kyiv again as a candidate of the Unity Party.[13][14] He finished 4th in this election with 6.1% of the votes (winner Vitali Klitschko received 56.7%).[15] Unity won 3.3% of the votes and 2 seats in the Kyiv City Council; including a seat for Omelchenko.[16][17]

Omelchenko did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[18]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Omelchenko was a candidate in a constituency located in Kyiv.[19] Omelchenko took the 5th place in his constituency, gaining a little more than 8%.[19]

In the 2020 Kyiv local election Omelchenko was again candidate for mayor of Kyiv nominated by Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko.[20][21] In this election this party was the third most popular party of Kyiv, winning 14 seats.[22] Omelchenko lost the mayoral election with was won by Vitali Klitschko with 50.52% of the votes.[23] Omelchenko finished in 8th place.[24]

Honours and awards[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Official Verkhovna Rada website profile, Verkhovna Rada
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e (in Russian) Александр Омельченко, ЛІГА.net
  3. ^ Omelchenko overwhelmingly elected as mayor of Kyiv, The Ukrainian Weekly (6 June 1999)
  4. ^ Kyiv gets first new mayor in decade, Kyiv Post (29 March 2006)
  5. ^ Events by themes: The Ukrainian parliament session 17.02.2009, UNIAN-photo service (February 17, 2009)
  6. ^ People's Self-Defense faction: Twelve parliamentarians expelled from Our Ukraine, Kyiv Post (September 7, 2011)
  7. ^ Omelchenko quits Yushchenko's party in parliament, Kyiv Post (October 4, 2011)
  8. ^ (in Ukrainian) By TEC received the results of voting in the elections of Kyiv mayor 1026 (100%) stations, Televiziyna Sluzhba Novyn (May 29, 2008)
  9. ^ KYIV ELECTION COMMISSION PUBLISHES FINAL RESULTS OF ELECTRONIC CALCULATION OF VOTES ON ELECTIONS TO KYIV CITY COUNCIL, Interfax-Ukraine (May 28, 2008)
  10. ^ Block Omelchenkowhich will storm Kyiv (in Ukrainian), Ukrayinska Pravda, April 9, 2008
  11. ^ You Scratch My Back, and I’ll Scratch Yours, The Ukrainian Week (26 September 2012)
  12. ^ (in Russian) Short bio, LIGA
  13. ^ (in Ukrainian) According to the Kyiv mayor office 19 candidates compete, Ukrayinska Pravda (5 April 2014)
  14. ^ Омельченко выдвинули кандидатом в мэры Киева
  15. ^ Klitschko officially announced as winner of Kyiv mayor election, Interfax-Ukraine (4 June 2014)
  16. ^ Nine parties including Democratic Alliance win seats in Kyiv Council, Interfax-Ukraine (2 June 2014)
    (in Ukrainian) In Kyivrada are 9 parties - official results, Ukrayinska Pravda (3 June 2014)
    (in Ukrainian) 60% of the new Kyivrada is filled by UDAR, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 June 2014)
  17. ^ (in Ukrainian) Oleksandr Omelchenko biography Archived 2014-12-20 at the Wayback Machine at the Kyiv City Council official website
  18. ^ (in Ukrainian) Alphabetical Index of candidates in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission of Ukraine.
  19. ^ Jump up to: a b (in Ukrainian) Transformation of the Unity Party into the Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko, Civil movement "Chesno" (29 September 2020)
  20. ^ (in Ukrainian) Two former heads of the Kyiv City State Administration have been registered as candidates for mayors of Kyiv, Ukrayinska Pravda (26 September 2020)
  21. ^ Rada appoints next elections to local self-govt bodies for Oct 25, Interfax-Ukraine (15 July 2020)
  22. ^ Results of the 2020 elections of the Kyiv City Council, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  23. ^ Vitali Klitschko wins in first round of Kyiv mayor election, Ukrinform (6 November 2020)
  24. ^ (in Ukrainian) Officially: Klitschko became mayor of Kyiv again, (29 September 2020)

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Political offices
Preceded by
Leonid Kosakivsky
(as Speaker of Kyiv City Council - Head of the Kyiv City State Administration) 		Mayor of Kyiv
1999 - 2006 		Succeeded by
Leonid Chernovetsky
Head of the Kyiv City State Administration
1996 - 2006
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Anatoli Khorozov 		Presidents of FHU
1997–2006 		Succeeded by
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