Galina Danilchenko

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovna and the family name is Danilchenko.

Galina Danilchenko
Галина Данильченко
Mayor of Russian occupied Melitopol[a]
(Russian-installed)
Incumbent
(contested)
Assumed office
12 March 2022
disputed with Ivan Fedorov[1][2]
Preceded byIvan Fedorov[b][5]
Personal details
Born (1964-07-05) 5 July 1964 (age 60)
Orlovo, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Political partyUnited Russia (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materMelitopol Institute of Agricultural Mechanization [uk]
Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy

Galina Viktorovna Danilchenko[c][6][7][8] (born 5 July 1964) is a Russian and Ukrainian accountant and politician who was installed by Russia as the acting mayor of Melitopol during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, following the kidnapping of Ivan Fedorov by the Russian military. She was a former member of the Melitopol City Council, elected in 2015, and became its secretary soon thereafter.

  1. ^ "Новая Неля Штепа: в Мелитополе экс-"регионалка" перешла на сторону оккупантов и объявила себя "мэром"" [New Nelya Shtepa: in Melitopol, the ex-"regional" went over to the side of the occupiers and declared herself a "mayor"]. telegraf.com.ua (in Russian). 12 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "В Мелитополе российские оккупанты назначили нового "мэра": известно имя предательницы" [In Melitopol, the Russian invaders appointed a new "mayor": the name of the traitor is known]. ТСН.ua (in Russian). 12 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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  5. ^ Folmar, Chloe (11 March 2022). "Mayor of Ukrainian city Melipotol detained by Russians". TheHill. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Russia uses kidnappings to intimidate locals in occupied Ukraine | DW | 31.03.2022". DW.COM. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Russians kidnap journalist's father in Melitopol and demand she return and report to them". Ukrayinska Pravda. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  8. ^ "New mayor of occupied Ukraine city urges Russias TV for "true information"". Newsweek. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.


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