Ihor Oleksandrovych Terekhov (Ukrainian: Ігор Олександрович Терехов; born 14 January 1967[3][4]) is a Ukrainian politician who is serving as the mayor of Kharkiv since 11 November 2021.[1] He ascended to the mayoralty on 24 December 2020 following Hennadiy Kernes' death due to COVID-19 complications.[5][6] The Kharkiv early mayoral election was held on 31 October 2021,[2] and Terekhov was declared the winner of the election with 50.66% of the votes.[7]
Ihor Terekhov | |
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| Ігор Терехов | |
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| 6th Mayor of Kharkiv | |
| Assumed office 11 November 2021[1] (acting from 24 December 2020[2]) | |
| Preceded by | Hennadiy Kernes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1967 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Citizenship | Ukraine |
| Political party | Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv |
| Website | Official mayoral website[dead link] |
Biography
editTerekhov was born on 14 January 1967 in Kharkiv.[3][4]
In 1990, Terekhov graduated from the Kharkiv Engineering and Construction Institute.[8] After which he remained at the university as a research intern.[3] Terekhov refereed 22 Ukrainian Premier League games from the 1992–93 season up until the 1994–95 season.[3]
Terekhov worked in the private sector from 1994 to 1997.[8]
From 1999 to 2006, Terekhov worked as a civil servant of the economic department of the Kharkiv City Council.[8] In 2006, Terekhov graduated from the National Academy for Public Administration.[8]
In the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Terekhov was a candidate for the Our Ukraine Bloc, but was not elected.[8] In 2007 was appointed the Deputy Head of Governor of Kharkiv Oblast Arsen Avakov.[3][8]
In 2010, Terekhov became Deputy Mayor of Kharkiv and in 2015 First Deputy Mayor.[8] Following the 2010 Ukrainian local elections he became leader of the deputy faction of the Kharkiv City Council of Opposition Bloc – Truth and Deeds.[8]
In the October 2015 Kharkiv local election, Terekhov was elected a deputy of the Kharkiv City Council a candidate of Revival.[8] In the October 2020 Kharkiv local election, he was in second place on the party list re-elected for the party Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv, the party of then incumbent Mayor Hennadiy Kernes.[8][9][10] On 17 December 2020 Kernes died in Berlin of COVID-19.[6] After the death of Kernes his duties were performed by City Council Secretary Terekhov.[5]
The Kharkiv City Council terminated the powers of Kernes on 24 December 2020[2] On 30 March 2021 the Ukrainian parliament set the date for the Kharkiv early mayoral election on 31 October 2021.[2][11] In this election Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv nominated Terekhov as its mayoral candidate.[12] The election commission declared Terekhov the winner of the election with 50.66% of the votes.[7] Mikhail Dobkin finished the race in second place with 28.4% of the vote.[7] Observers reported numerous irregularities in the election and tried to annul the results of 9 polling stations through court.[7] At an extraordinary session of the Kharkiv City Council on 11 November 2021 Terekhov was sworn in as the new Mayor of Kharkiv.[1]
Terekhov has the title of "Honored Economist of Ukraine".[8] He divorced Olena Vynnyk in 2014.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Terekhov officially became the mayor of Kharkiv, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2021)
- ^ a b c d The Rada has scheduled the election of the mayor of Kharkiv for October, Ukrayinska Pravda (30 March 2021) (in Ukrainian)
- ^ a b c d e f 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)
- ^ a b Our Team for the Kharkiv Regional Council, Block Kernes - Successful Kharkiv (in Ukrainian)
- ^ a b Death of Kharkiv mayor Kernes marks end of era UkraineAlert by Brian Mefford, Atlantic Council (22 December 2020)
- ^ a b 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) - ^ a b c d (in Ukrainian) Kharkiv mayoral election: the court denied OPORA's lawsuits, although it acknowledged differences, Ukrayinska Pravda (9 November 2021)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Small biography on Ihor Terekhov, Civil movement "Chesno" (in Ukrainian)
- ^ The first donors appeared in the Kernes Bloc – Successful Kharkiv party (Updated), Civil movement "Chesno" (24 June 2020) (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Kharkiv City Council denies reports on mayor's COVID-19 coma, UNIAN (15 September 2020)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) "Servant of the people" will not nominate a candidate for mayor of Kharkiv, Ukrayinska Pravda (6 September 2021)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Kernes' bloc nominated Terekhov as a candidate for mayor, Ukrayinska Pravda (6 September 2021)