Vadym Chernysh

Vadym Chernysh
Вадим Черниш
Minister of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs
In office
14 April 2016 – 29 August 2019
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterVolodymyr Groysman
Preceded bypost created
Succeeded byOksana Koliada
Governor of Kirovohrad Oblast
In office
3 August 2006 – 1 November 2007
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byEduard Zeinalov
Succeeded byAnatoliy Revenko
Personal details
Born (1971-10-16) October 16, 1971 (age 52)
Kazanka, Kazanka Raion, Ukrainian SSR
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materYaroslav the Wise Law Academy (1999)
OccupationJurist, statesman

Vadym Olehovych Chernysh (Ukrainian: Вадим Олегович Черниш; born 16 October 1971) is a Ukrainian jurist, lawyer, politician and teacher.

On 26 June 2015 he was appointed as a chairman of the State Agency on issues of Donbas Restoration.[1] He has served as Ukraine's Minister of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs. He has served as the Governor of Kirovohrad Oblast from 3 August 2006 to 1 November 2007.