Anatolii Valentynovych Kurtiev ( uk, Анатолій Валентинович Куртєв, italic=yes; born on 7 May 1975), is a
Ukrainian
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politician
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who is the acting Mayor of Zaporizhzhia since 29 September 2021. He is the former head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination of the
Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council
The Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council ( uk, Запорізька обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast (province) located in eastern Ukraine.
Council members are elected for five year terms. In ...
.
Biography
Anatolii Kurtiev was born in
Ukraine
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Pediatrics
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Law
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, returning later to graduate a second time with a degree in
Management
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in 2020.
Employment
From September 1995 to July 1998, he was a medical fellow of the Zaporizhzhia regional drug dispensary.
From March 2002 to July 2004, he was a morgue attendant of the department of on-duty forensic medical experts of the Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination of the Zaporizhia Regional Department of Health Care.
From August 2004 to August 2005, he was an intern at the Forensic Medical Examination Bureau of the Zaporizhia Regional Department of Health Care.
From August 2005 to November 2009, he was a forensic medical expert of the Forensic Medical Examination Bureau of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Department of Health Care.
From December 2009 to February 2013, he was the head of the organizational and methodological department of the Forensic Medical Examination Bureau of the Department of Health Care of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration.
From March to August 2013, he was the deputy head of the Forensic Medical Examination Bureau of the Department of Health Care of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration.
Between January 2014 and May 2016, he was the head of the "Levanevsky"
cemetery
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of the Zaporizhzhia Ritual Service.
In 2015, Kurtiev ran for the city and regional councils from the
UKROP
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Between May 2016 to April 2021, he was the Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Bureau of Forensic Examination of the Zaporizhia Oblast Council.
Servant of the People
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It was formed in late 2017 and was officially registered on 31 March 2018 on the basis of the previousl ...
party.
23 April 2021 he was appointed
Secretary
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Zaporizhzhia
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, because
mayor
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law
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of
Ukraine
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, secretary of the
city council
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becomes the
acting mayor
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.
Crime charges
On 25 June 2021, the mayor of Zaporizhzhia,
Volodymyr Buriak Volodymyr ( uk, Володи́мир, Volodýmyr, , orv, Володимѣръ) is a Ukrainian given name of Old East Slavic origin. The related Ancient Slavic, such as Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, etc. form of the name is Володимѣръ ...
, signed an order to dismiss Kurtiev from the office of
secretary
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of the
city council
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. The reason was cited as a violation of the law "On Prevention of
Corruption
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" due to the submission of false information in the declaration. On 2 July, the court suspended the order.
He was listed in the "
Myrotvorets
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" database with the qualification "marauding" with other officials of the
Zaporizhia Oblast
Zaporizhzhia Oblast ( uk, Запорі́зька о́бласть, translit=Zaporizka oblast), also referred to as Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запорі́жжя, links=no), is an oblast (province) of southeast Ukraine. Its capital is Zaporizhzhia. The ...
and the city of
Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zapor ...
because of accusations of
embezzlement
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of
humanitarian aid
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