Aina Leonidivna Tymchuk ( ua, Айна Леонідівна Тимчук; born on 21 November 1973) is a Ukrainian politician who was

Governor of Kharkiv Oblast The Governor of Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Голова Харківської обласної державної адміністрації) is the head of executive branch for the Kharkiv Oblast. The office of Governor is an appointed position, wit ...

from 27 November 2020 until 11 August 2021.Zelensky appointed leaders of Kharkiv and Odesa regions

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(27 November 2020)

Biography

Tymchuk was born 21 November 1973 in

Dnipropetrovsk Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...

(current Dnipro). In 2004 she graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy of Public Administration under the

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, condu ...

with a degree in Public Administration, Master of Public Administration. From February 2004 to April 2010 Tymchuk worked as a civil servant in the

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, obla ...

regional administration. In August 2010 she moved to

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Hennadiy Kernes Hennadiy Adolfovych Kernesrussian: Генна́дий Адо́льфович Ке́рнес, translit=Gennady Adolfovich Kernes (27 June 1959 – 17 December 2020) was a Ukrainian politician who was the Mayor of Kharkiv from 2010 until his deat ...

on organizational issues and then from November 2010 until March 2014 she was Kernes's Deputy Mayor and Manager of the Executive Committee of the Kharkiv City Council.Zelenskyy Appoints Tymchuk Kharkiv Governor Instead Of Kucher

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(27 November 2020) In March 2014 she moved back to the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast regional administration where she became first (March 2014 - January 2018) Deputy Chief of Staff of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration and then from November 2020 Chief of Staff. The

Ukrainian National Union The Directorate, or Directory () was a provisional collegiate revolutionary state committee of the Ukrainian People's Republic, initially formed on November 13–14, 1918 during a session of the Ukrainian National Union in rebellion against Sk ...

accused Aina Tymchuk in corruption and connection with separatists and held a number of meetings in Kharkiv in summer 2021. On 27 November 2020 Ukrainian President

Volodymyr Zelensky Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

appointed Tymchuk

. On 11 August 2021 Zelensky dismissed Tymchuk from this post after she had tendered in her resignation.President appoints acting chairman of Kharkiv Regional State Administration

Ukrinform The National News Agency of Ukraine ( uk, Українське національне інформаційне агентство), or Ukrinform ( uk, Укрінформ), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of ...

(12 August 2021)The President dismissed the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration and appointed acting

(11 August 2021)

References

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