Oleksandr Skichko

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Oleksandr Skichko
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Skichko in August 2020
Governor of Cherkasy Oblast
Assumed office
29 January 2021
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
Preceded by (acting)[1]
People's Deputy of Ukraine
9th convocation
In office
29 August 2019 – 30 March 2021[2]
ConstituencyCherkasy, District No.197[3]
Personal details
Born
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Skichko

(1991-04-28) 28 April 1991 (age 30)
Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR
Political partyServant of the People
Domestic partner
Elizabeth Yurusheva
​
(m. 2017)​
Alma materKyiv National Economic University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • comedian
  • actor
  • television presenter

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Skichko (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Скічко; born 28 April 1991 in Cherkasy[4][5]) is a Ukrainian politician, comedian, actor, and television presenter. On 29 January 2021 Skichko was appointed as the Governor of Cherkasy Oblast.[5]

Career[]

Television[]

Skichko began his television career in 2006, hosting teen-focused programs for the Ukrainian music channel O-TV, and later was a finalist on season one of Ukrayina maye talant in 2009, performing as a parody act.

After graduating in 2013 from Kyiv National Economic University with a degree in economics,[5] Skichko later began to transition into more mature roles on television while hosting the show Pidyom on Novyi Kanal from 2012 to 2013. In 2017, Skichko became one of the three cohosts of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv. This was the first time ever that a trio of male hosts hosted the show, and the first time since its inaugural edition in 1956 that a woman was not part of the hosting team.[6]

Following Eurovision, Skichko became a contestant on the fifth season of Tantsi z zirkamy, the Ukrainian version of Dancing with the Stars. He ultimately was the first celebrity contestant to be eliminated.[7]

Politics[]

Skichko took part in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election as a candidate for Servant of the People in electoral district 197 centred around Kaniv, located in Skichko's birthplace of Cherkasy Oblast.[4][5] He ultimately was elected to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) with 50.93% of the vote, and was sworn in as a member of the ninth convocation on 29 August 2019.[4][8][9]

On 29 January 2021, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Skichko the Governor of Cherkasy Oblast.[5]

On 30 March 2021, the Verkhovna Rada deprived Skichko of his parliamentary mandate.[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ President dismisses Cherkasy regional governor, Ukrinform (30 December 2020)
  2. ^ a b Two deputies resigned, Ukrayinska Pravda (30 March 2021) (in Ukrainian)
  3. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the IX convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
  5. ^ a b c d e (in Ukrainian) Zelensky appointed a "servant" and a former showman head of the Cherkasy Regional State Administration, Ukrayinska Pravda (29 January 2020)
  6. ^ Jordan, Paul (27 February 2017). "Let's hear it for the boys! Meet the hosts of Eurovision 2017". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Олександр Скічко кинув танцювальний виклик Зеленському, Дорофеєвій та Дантесу". Офіційний сайт каналу 1+1 - 1plus1.ua.
  8. ^ "Вирішив піти в політику: стало відомо про нове амплуа відомого коміка і ведучого". Апостроф (in Ukrainian). 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  9. ^ "Телеведучий Скічко став депутатом в окрузі №197 у Черкаській області". ukr.lb.ua.

External links[]

Media related to Oleksandr Skichko at Wikimedia Commons

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(with Volodymyr Ostapchuk and Timur Miroshnychenko)
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