Yuriy Odarchenko
| Yuriy Odarchenko Юрій Одарченко | |
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| Governor of Kherson Oblast | |
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In office March 2, 2014 – August 27, 2014 | |
| President | Oleksandr Turchynov (acting) |
| Preceded by | Mykola Kostyak |
| Succeeded by | Andriy Putilov |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Yuriy Vitaliyovych Odarchenko 5 April 1960 Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Batkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party |
| Alma mater | Kherson State Agrarian University (PhD in Economics) |
Yuriy Vitaliyovych Odarchenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Віталійович Одарченко) (born April 5, 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, member of the Batkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party. During 2006-2014 he was a member of Ukrainian parliament. On March 2, 2014, Odarchenko was appointed the governor of Kherson Oblast.[1]
Odarchenko's gubernal 2014 9 May Victory Day speech caused controversy in its crowd.[nb 1]
During the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Odarchenko lost in constituency 182 to Oleksandr Spivakovskyy with a minimal difference.[5]
On August 27, 2014 he resigned his position as governor due to disagreements with the new President of Ukraine.
During 17 July 2016 constituency mid-term elections Odarchenko was elected back into the Ukrainian parliament for Batkivshchyna (in constituency 183).[6]
Notes
- ↑ On May 9, 2014, on the 69th anniversary of Victory Day, Governor Odarchenko held a speech in front of World War II veterans where he questioned the intentions of the communists, as if they were not any better than those of the Nazis.[2] Governor Odarchenko also implied that a similar situation exists today in Ukraine’s southeast.[3] The crowd was not amused, and his microphone was snatched and thrown away. According to local news website Khersonskie Vesti, supporters of Ukraine’s Communist Party led the effort to interrupt the speech.[4] Although, Governor Odarchenko was comparing Russia and Fascist Germany, implying that both foreign powers swept through Ukraine, the communists attempts to represent his speech as "pro-Hitler".
References
- ↑ УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 226/2014 : Про призначення Ю.Одарченка головою Херсонської обласної державної адміністрації Archived July 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., Decree of the President of Ukraine.
- ↑ Kherson governor calls Hitler 'liberator' addressing veterans on Victory Day, Russia Today, May 10, 2014.
- ↑ Херсонского губернатора освистали за высказывания о Гитлере, RIA Novosty, May 9, 2014.
- ↑ КОММУНИСТКА ВЫРВАЛА И РАЗБИЛА МИКРОФОН У ОДАРЧЕНКО, Khersonskie Vesti, May 9, 2014.
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Election results: who was elected to Parliament, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 July 2016)
- ↑ (Ukrainian)Data on vote counting at percincts within single-mandate districts Extraordinary parliamentary election on 17.06.2016, Central Election Commission of Ukraine