Vladimir Saldo | |
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Владимир Сальдо Володимир Сальдо | |
_01_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg) Saldo in 2023 | |
| Governor of Kherson Oblast (Russian-installed) disputed with Oleksandr Prokudin[a] | |
| Assumed office 4 October 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Hennadiy Lahuta[a] |
| Head of the Kherson Military-Civilian Administration | |
| In office 26 April 2022 – 4 October 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished Himself as governor |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 12 December 2012 – 27 November 2014 | |
| Constituency | Party of Regions, No. 182 |
| Mayor of Kherson | |
| In office 2014–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Zoya Berezhna |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Mykolayenko |
| In office 2002–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Mykola Ordynskyy |
| Succeeded by | Zoya Berezhna |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1956 Zhovtneve, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (Now Bohoyavlensk, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Nationality | Russian |
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| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Kryvyi Rih Mining Institute |
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Vladimir Vasilyevich Saldo (Russian: Владимир Васильевич Сальдо, Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Сальдо, romanized: Volodymyr Vasylovych Saldo; born 12 June 1956) is a Ukrainian and Russian politician serving as the acting governor of the collaborationist annexed Kherson Oblast in Russian-occupied Ukraine since 4 October 2022.[1][2] A member of the ruling United Russia, he previously served as the head of the Kherson military-civilian administration from 26 April to 4 October 2022.
Prior to the invasion, Saldo served three terms as mayor of Kherson from 2002 to 2012,[3] and later as a People's Deputy in the Verkhovna Rada from 2012 to 2014, representing the pro-Russian Party of Regions.[4][3]
On 2 October 2024 Saldo announced the forced conscription of Ukrainians into the armed militia of the Russian-occupied zone. A journalist with the Kyiv Independent, supported by members of the Ukrainian government, claimed that this constituted a war crime under Article 51 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.[5]
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- ^ "Kherson mayor refuses to cooperate with collaborators and invaders". Ukrinform. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Российские оккупационные силы назначили своих "руководителей" в Херсоне и области" [Russian occupation forces appoint their "leaders" in Kherson and oblasts]. Crimea.Realities (in Russian). 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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Drumswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Fenbert, Abbey (2 October 2024). "Russian proxies in occupied Kherson Oblast announce forced conscription of Ukrainians". The Kyiv Independent.