Ihor Terekhov

Ihor Terekhov (Ukrainian: Ігор Олександрович Терехов; born 14 January 1967[1][2]) is a Ukrainian politician who serves as the acting mayor of Kharkiv. He ascended to the mayoralty following Hennadiy Kernes' death due to COVID-19 complications.[3][4][5][6]

Ihor Terekhov
Acting mayor of Kharkiv
Assumed office
17 December 2020
Preceded byHennadiy Kernes
Personal details
Born
Ihor Oleksandrovych Terekhov

(1967-01-14) 14 January 1967
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
CitizenshipUkraine
NationalityUkrainian
WebsiteOfficial mayoral website

Biography

Terekhov was born on 14 January 1967 in Kharkiv.[1][2]

In 1990 Terekhov graduated from the Kharkiv Engineering and Construction Institute..[7] After which he remained at the university as a research intern.[1] Terekhov refereed 22 Ukrainian Premier League games from the 1992–93 season up until the 1994–95 season.[1]

Terekhov worked in the private sector from 1994 to 1997.[7]

From 1999 to 2006 Terekhov worked as a civil servant of the economic department of the Kharkiv City Council.[7] In 2006 Terekhov graduated from the National Academy for Public Administration.[7]

In the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election Terekhov was a candidate for the Our Ukraine Bloc, but was not elected.[7] In 2007 was appointed the Deputy Head of Governor of Kharkiv Oblast Arsen Avakov.[1][7]

In 2010 Terekhov became Deputy Mayor of Kharkiv and in 2015 First Deputy Mayor.[7] Following the 2010 Ukrainian local elections he became leader of the deputy faction of the Kharkiv city council of Opposition Bloc - Truth and Deeds.[7]

In the October 2015 Kharkiv local election Terekhov was elected a deputy of the Kharkiv City Council a candidate of Revival.[7] In the October 2020 Kharkiv local election he was in second place on the party list re-elected for the party Bloc Kernes - Successful Kharkiv, the party of then incumbent Mayor Hennadiy Kernes.[7][8][9] On 17 December 2020 Kernes died in Berlin of COVID-19.[10] After the death of Kernes his duties were performed by City Council Secretary Terekhov.[11]

Terekhov has the title of "Honored Economist of Ukraine".[7] He divorced Olena Vynnyk in 2014.[1]

References
  1. He came out of the shadows. What is known about Ihor Terekhov, who became acting the mayor of Kharkiv after the death of Hennadiy Kernes, nv.ua (17 December 2020) (in Ukrainian)
  2. Our Team for the Kharkiv Regional Council, Block Kernes - Successful Kharkiv (in Ukrainian)
  3. https://www.city.kharkov.ua/ru/gorodskaya-vlast/gorodskoj-sovet/deputatyi/terexov-gor-oleksandrovich.html
  4. https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/%D0%92_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0:_%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB
  5. https://kp.ua/politics/684030-umer-kernes-kto-seichas-rukovodyt-kharkovom-y-kohda-vybory-mera
  6. https://news.rbc.ua/rus/politics/smert-kernesa-budet-upravlyat-harkovom-perevyborov-1608192676.html
  7. Small biography on Ihor Terekhov, Civil movement "Chesno" (in Ukrainian)
  8. The first donors appeared in the Kernes Bloc - Successful Kharkiv party (Updated), Civil movement "Chesno" (24 June 2020) (in Ukrainian)
  9. Kharkiv City Council denies reports on mayor's COVID-19 coma, UNIAN (15 September 2020)
  10. Kharkiv mayor Kernes dies, Ukrinform (17 December 2020)
    Помер Геннадій Кернес: мер Харкова, який виграв вибори з реанімації, BBC Ukrainian (17 December 2020) (in Ukrainian)
  11. https://112.international/ukraine-top-news/secretary-of-kharkiv-city-council-terekhov-to-replace-kernes-in-office-57412.html
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