Andrii Prokopenko
Andrii Leonidovych Prokopenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Леонідович Прокопенко; born 10 January 1982) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. Prokopenko is a former Governor of Chernihiv Oblast.
Andrii Prokopenko Андрій Прокопенко | |
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| Governor of Chernihiv Oblast | |
| In office 1 November 2019 – 12 September 2020 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelensky |
| Prime Minister | Oleksiy Honcharuk Denys Shmygal |
| Preceded by | Nataliia Romanova (Acting)[1] |
| Succeeded by | Anna Kovalenko |
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| Born | Andrii Leonidovych Prokopenko 10 January 1982 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Political party | Our Land Servant of the People |
| Education | University of Kyiv |
| Occupation | entrepreneur politician |
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Biography
In 2003, he graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.[2]
Prokopenko is a Candidate of Philosophical Sciences.[2]
Former director of the NGO Institute of Social Development.[2]
He was a managing partner of Prokopenko & Partners.[2]
From 2015 to 2017, Prokopenko was a member of the Chernihiv Oblast Council for the party Our Land.[3][4]
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Prokopenko & Partners did sociological research for the party Servant of the People, and Prokopenko himself led that party's headquarters in Odesa during the parliamentary elections.[4]
Prokopenko was Governor of Chernihiv Oblast from 1 November 2019 until 12 September 2020.[5][6][7] Prokopenko resigned as Governor on 12 September 2020 because he claimed he was left out of the selection of candidates for the 2020 election of the Chernihiv Oblast Council.[5] 4 days later the Cabinet of Ministers approved the resignation of the head of the regional state administration.[4]
References
- "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 793/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- "Прокопенко Андрей Леонидович". LB.ua (in Russian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- "Zelenskyy Appoints Prokopenko Chernihiv Governor". Ukrainian News Agency. November 1, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- (in Ukrainian) Local elections. Chernihiv region: demarche of the head of the regional state administration and new and forgotten faces of "servants", The Ukrainian Week (21 September 2020)
- (in Ukrainian) The head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration resigned, Ukrayinska Pravda (12 September 2020)
- "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 794/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- "Chernihiv region is in TOP 3 regions in terms of decentralization reform - Andriy Prokopenko". Interfax-Ukraine. January 14, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.