Oleksandr Starukh

Oleksandr Starukh
Олександр Старух
Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
In office
18 December 2020 – 24 January 2023
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Preceded byVitaliy Bohovin[1]
Succeeded byYuriy Malashko
In office
25 September 2008 – 18 March 2010
Acting: 30 May 2008 – 25 September 2008
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byValery Cherkaska (Acting)
Succeeded byBorys Petrov
Personal details
Born (1973-04-28) 28 April 1973 (age 51)
Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyBatkivshchyna[2]
EducationZaporizhzhia National University
Occupationhistorian
politician

Oleksandr Vasyliovych Starukh (Ukrainian: Олександр Васильович Старух; born 28 April 1973)[2] is a Ukrainian historian and politician.[3] On 18 December 2020 he was appointed as Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[4] He had previously been Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast from 2008 to 2010.[5][6] On 24 January 2023, he was removed from his position as Governor.[7]

  1. ^ "Zelensky appoints new Zaporizhzhia region governor". Interfax-Ukraine. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference chesnopolitician19766 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "EuroCape Ukraine I to build wind-driven plant worth EUR 600 m in Zaporizhia region". Interfax-Ukraine. April 15, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  4. ^ "Zelensky appoints new head of Zaporizhzhia region". www.ukrinform.net. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference strkh1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Interfax-Ukraine (March 18, 2010). "Yanukovych sacking regional governors appointed by Yushchenko". Kyiv Post. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  7. ^ "Russia-Ukraine war live: multiple Ukraine officials resign amid corruption claims; Nato 'confident' of German tanks solution soon". the Guardian. 2023-01-24. Retrieved 2023-01-24.