Yuliya Svitlychna

Yuliya Svitlychna
Юлія Світлична
Official portrait, 2017
Member of the Verkhovna Rada
Assumed office
29 August 2019
Governor of Kharkiv Oblast
In office
15 October 2016 – 6 November 2019
Preceded byIhor Rainin
Succeeded byOleksiy Kucher[1]
Governor of Kharkiv Oblast (acting)
In office
29 August 2016[2] – 15 October 2016
Personal details
Born (1984-06-06) 6 June 1984 (age 40)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Petro Poroshenko Bloc (2015–2019)

Yuliya Svitlychna (Ukrainian: Юлія Олександрівна Світлична, born 6 June 1984, Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian politician. In a 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election by-election on 15 March 2020 Svitlychna was elected to Ukraine's parliament.[3] From 15 October 2016 until 6 November 2019 she was the Governor of Kharkiv Oblast.[4][1] Before this she was a Deputy of the Kharkiv Regional Council of 7th convocation, vice president of the Chamber of Regions in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.[5] Svitlychna has a PhD in state administration and was during her reign the youngest regional governor in Ukraine.[6]

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  2. ^ "Про тимчасове виконання обов'язків голови Харківської обласної державної адміністрації". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Світлична: перед загрозою треба об'єднуватись, а не ділитись на владу чи опозицію". РБК-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Світлична Юлія Олександрівна". Харківська обласна державна адміністрація. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Who's who of the Council of Europe Congress – Individual Member data". www.coe.int. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kharkiv15Oct16ngS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).