Eduard Hurvits

Eduard Hurvits
Eduard Hurvits
Едуард Гурвіц
	Gurvits in 2016
71st Mayor of Odesa
	In office; July 1994 – 26 May 1998
Preceded by	Leonid Cherneha
Succeeded by	Rouslan Bodelan
	In office; 5 April 2005 – 6 November 2010
Preceded by	Rouslan Bodelan
Succeeded by	Oleksiy Kostusyev
People's Deputy of Ukraine
	In office; 27 March 1994 – 26 March 2006
Preceded by	Yuriy Romanov [uk] (Odesa Oblast, No. 294); Constituency established (Odesa Oblast, No. 136);
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished (Odesa Oblast, No. 294); Serhii Kivalov (Odesa Oblast, No. 136);
Constituency	Odesa Oblast, No. 294 (1994–1998); Odesa Oblast, No. 136 (1998–2002); NUNS, No. 46 (2002–2006);
	In office; 28 October 2012 – 26 October 2014
Constituency	Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform, No. 17
Personal details
Born	30 January 1948 (age 76); Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union; (now Ukraine)
Political party	YeS (since 2014)
Other political; affiliations	Rukh (1994–2002); NUNS (2002–2010); Front for Change (2010); UDAR (2012–2014);
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Branch/service	Soviet Army
Years of service	1971–1972
Rank	Private
Unit	Strategic Rocket Forces

Eduard Yosypovych Hurvits (Ukrainian: Едуард Йосипович Гурвіц; Yiddish: רד יאָסיפּאָוויטש גוּרוויץ, romanized: Eduard Iosipovitsh Gurvitz; born 30 January 1948) is a Ukrainian politician who served as the 71st mayor of Odesa on two occasions; first from July 1994 to 26 May 1998, and then from 5 April 2005 to 6 November 2010. He also served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine on two occasions, from 27 March 1994 to 26 March 2006 and from 28 October 2012 to 26 October 2014.

Born into a Jewish family in western Ukraine, Hurvits served in the Soviet Army for one year before becoming a construction foreman in the southwestern Soviet Union. A participant in Odesan politics since 1990, Hurvits became both mayor of Odesa and a People's Deputy of Ukraine as a member of the People's Movement of Ukraine. As mayor, Hurvits clashed frequently with President Leonid Kuchma, and was removed following his re-election in 1998.

Remaining in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament), Hurvits became an early supporter of Viktor Yushchenko and the Orange Revolution, and was re-elected as mayor in April 2005. Hurvits' second term, however, ended in an unsuccessful attempt at re-election, with the failed attempt to host UEFA Euro 2012 in the city being a key reason for Gurvits' removal. Hurvits subsequently re-entered the Verkhovna Rada as a member of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform in 2012, serving until the Revolution of Dignity.