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Mayor Of Kyiv
The Head of Kyiv City ( uk, Київський міський голова, translit=Kyivskyi miskyi holova), unofficially and more commonly the Mayor of Kyiv ( uk, Мер Києва, translit=Mer Kyieva), is a city official elected by popular vote who serves as a head of the Kyiv city state administration (the capital of Ukraine) and a chairperson the Kyiv City Council. The mayor is elected for the term of four years.Mahera: Elections in Kyiv may be held in May-June
, (13 February 2013)
Current mayor was sworn in on 5 June 2014.
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Coat Of Arms Of Kyiv
The coat of arms of Kyiv features the Archangel Michael officially named as "Saint Michael the Archistrategos" (archistrategos, chief-general in the Ancient Greece), wielding a flaming sword and a shield on an azure field. History The coat of arms traces its history back to the medieval principality of Kievan Rus', where the Archangel Michael was depicted on the seals used by the Kievan grand princes. Initially the coat of arms of Kyiv featured Saint George fighting a dragon on an azure field, and this today remains the coat of arms of the Kyiv Oblast. In the 16th century, a coat consisting of the Archangel Michael clad in white robes, holding a sword and a shield on a red field was adopted for the Kyiv Voivodeship. In 1487, along with Magdeburg rights, the city of Kyiv received a coat of arms consisting of a hand holding a crossbow. In 1782, a new coat of arms was approved by the order of Catherine II of Russia. In the order the coat of arms is described as "Archangel Mich ...
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Oleksandr Omelchenko
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Omelchenko ( uk, Олександр Олександрович Омельченко; 9 August 1938 – 25 November 2021) was a Ukrainian politician who served as mayor of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, first elected in 1999. Running for a third term he lost his re-election bid in March 2006. Omelchenko was also a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2007 to 2012. Omelchenko was the President of both the Association of the Cities of Ukraine and the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (1997–2006). In 2001, he bought FC CSKA Kyiv from the Ministry of Defense and transformed it into FC Arsenal Kyiv. Omelchenko died on 25 November 2021, aged 83, after being infected with COVID-19 which caused a lesion of the lungs.Kyiv ex-mayor Omelchenko dies


Oleksandr Popov
Oleksandr Pavlovych Popov ( uk, Олександр Павлович Попов; born 22 November 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, businessman, former head of the Kyiv City State Administration. Biography He graduated Tyumen Civil Engineering Institute and Higher School of the KGB in Kyiv. From 1982 to 1984, he served in the Soviet Army. From 1984 to 1986, he worked as a foreman of the Kremenchugrudstroy trust. In 1987 he was a foreman of the repair and construction department of Poltava GOK. In 1987-1991, he served in a KGB unit of Support for the economy. Until 1993, he served in Security Service of Ukraine. Has is ranked reserve lieutenant colonel. In 1993-1994, he was the head of the marketing department, vice-president for marketing and economics of construction concern Inkomstroy. In 1994 Oleksandr Popov won the election of the mayor of Komsomolsk (in 2016, the town was renamed Horishni Plavni) of the Poltava region. He stayed in this position until 2007. In 1995-2006, ...
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Head Of Kyiv City Administration
Kyiv City State Administration ( uk, Київська міська державна адміністрація, translit=Kyivska miska derzhavna administratsiia), is the national-level branch of the Government of Ukraine that administers Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The current Head of the Kyiv City State Administration is Vitali Klitschko; Klitschko is also the current Mayor of Kyiv.Poroshenko appoints Klitschko head of Kyiv city administration - decree
(25 June 2014)
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President Of Ukraine
The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties. The president is directly elected by the citizens of Ukraine for a five-year term of office (whether the presidential election is early or scheduled), limited to two terms consecutively. The president's official residence is the Mariinskyi Palace, located in the Pechersk district of the capital Kyiv. Other official residences include the House with Chimaeras and the House of the Weeping Widow, which are used for official visits by foreign representatives. The Office of the President of Ukraine, unofficially known as "Bankova" in reference to the street it is located on, serves as the presidential office, advising the president in the domestic, foreign and legal matters. Since the of ...
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Boryslav Bereza
Boryslav Yukhymovych Blacher-Bereza ( uk, Борислав Юхимович Бляхер-Береза; born 13 June 1974) is a former member of the Ukrainian parliament and a former spokesperson for Right Sector (2014). In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election he lost reelection as an independent candidate in a single-seat constituency. Biography Bereza was born on 13 June 1974 in Kyiv. He claims he is a graduate of the Kyiv National Economic University, but the university claims that this is not the case.Battle for Kyiv. Life, career, promises of Klitschko, Vereshchuk, Palchevsky and others
(15 Septe ...
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2015 Kyiv Local Election
On 25 October 2015 local elections took place in Ukraine. The elections were conducted a little over a year since the 2014 snap local elections, which were only held throughout parts of the country. A second round of voting for the election of mayors in cities with more than 90,000 residents where no candidate gained more than 50% of the votes were held on 15 November 2015. Because of the ongoing conflict in East Ukraine and the February 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia, local elections were not conducted throughout all of the administrative subdivisions of Ukraine. The highest number of seats were won by the Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity", Fatherland and Our Land parties, followed by the Opposition Bloc and the Radical Party. The Petro Poroshenko Bloc did well in the western regions, central Ukraine, and the Kherson Oblast of the south. The Opposition Bloc gained most of the votes of the south and east (except Kharkiv Oblast). In the west, Svoboda improved its perf ...
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2014 Kyiv Local Election
Local elections in Kyiv for the post of Mayor and members of Kyiv City Council took place on 25 May 2014, as part of the 2014 Ukrainian local elections. Parliament sets elections for Kyiv mayor and Kyiv City Council deputies for May 25
Interfax-Ukraine (25 February 2014)
won the mayoral election with almost 57% of the votes, while his party the

Halyna Hereha
Halyna Fedorivna Hereha ( uk, Галина Федорівна Герега; born 9 August 1959) is a Ukrainian businesswoman and politician who served as acting mayor of Kyiv from 2012 to 2014. Hereha also was a Deputy Mayor and Secretary of the Kyiv City Council from 20 April 2011 to 5 June 2014. She is the co-owner of the store chain Epicentr K along with her husband, Oleksandr Hereha. Biography She was born on 9 August 1959 in the village of Hlynets, Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast. She defended her PhD thesis on "Economic efficiency of shopping malls" in 2015. In 2011, Oleksandr and Halyna Hereha took 27th place in the ranking of the richest people in Ukraine according to FOCUS magazine with a fortune of $890.8 million. In a similar ranking for 2010, they held 26th place with a fortune of $395.4 million. In 2012, she ran for the Verkhovna Rada in the G215 constituency (Kyiv, Troieshchyna), but was defeated by Andriy Ilyenko, a candidate from the All-Ukrainian Union of Freed ...
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UNIAN
The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a Kyiv-based Ukrainian news agency. It produces and provides political, business and financial information, and a photo reporting service. UNIAN is a part of 1+1 Media Group, related to oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi. UNIAN was founded in March 1993 as the Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News. The agency's offices are at 4 Khreshchatyk Street, adjacent to European Square, in Kyiv. UNIAN offers its press conference hall to interested customers. UNIAN runs a TV channel, UNIAN TV, broadcasting news, analytical programs, documentaries, sport and movies. It is available on satellite, cable and IPTV networks. It broadcasts unencrypted from the AMOS-2 satellite (4.0 W), at 10722 Horizonal, 27500. The channel's General Producer is Vlady ...
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Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, founded in October 1995 by Jed Sunden. History American Jed Sunden founded the ''Kyiv Post'' weekly newspaper on Oct. 18, 1995 and later created KP Media for his holdings. The newspaper, which went online in 1997, serves Ukrainian and expatriate readers with a general interest mix of political, business and entertainment coverage. The 50-member staff is a team of mainly Ukrainian journalists, numbering 35 editorial team members and 15 in the commercial division as of Jan. 10, 2020, including 40 Ukrainians. Historically, the editorial policy has supported democracy, Western integration and free markets for Ukraine. It has published numerous investigative stories, including coverage of the 2000 murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze, in which ex-Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma is a prime suspect; the 2004 Orange Revolution, in which a massive public uprising blocked Viktor Yanukovych from taking power as pres ...
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Xinhua
Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: )J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English, or New China News Agency, is the official state news agency of the People's Republic of China. Xinhua is a ministry-level institution subordinate to the State Council and is the highest ranking state media organ in China. Xinhua is a publisher as well as a news agency. Xinhua publishes in multiple languages and is a channel for the distribution of information related to the Chinese government and the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its headquarters in Beijing are located close to the central government's headquarters at Zhongnanhai. Xinhua tailors its pro-Chinese government message to the nuances of each audience. Xinhua has faced criticism for spreading propaganda and disinformation and for criticizing people, groups, or movements critical of the Chinese government and its policies. History The predecessor to Xinhua was the R ...
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