Ihor Lvovych Rainin or Raynin ( uk, Ігор Львович Райнін, born 6 August 1973) is a
Ukrainian
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politician. From February 2015 until August 2016 he was governor of Kharkiv Oblast. On 29 Aug 2016, he was promoted to head of the
Presidential Administration of Ukraine
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.Poroshenko announces Lozhkin's resignation, appoints Rainin new head of presidential administration
UNIAN
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(29 August 2016) Under a presidential decrees signed on 21 May 2019, he was dismissed by new 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 ...
.
Biography
In 1997 Rainin graduated from the
Kharkiv Aviation Institute
Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.
, as an engineer. Rainin started his professional life with various job in the engineering field before 2000. In 2000, he graduated from the Kharkiv branch of the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. He then had various leading civil service positions in the
Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Харківська́ о́бласть, translit=Kharkivska oblast), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna ( uk, Ха́рківщина), is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhans ...
administration. From June 2010 till march 2014 Rainin was deputy director of the company "Sintofleks" (located in Kharkiv).
In the
Ukrayinska Pravda
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Petro Poroshenko
Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko ( uk, Петро́ Олексі́йович Пороше́нко, ; born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Poroshenko ser ...
's presidential administration. Poroshenko appointed Rainin governor of Kharkiv Oblast on 3 February 2015. Late February 2015 Rainin also became the head of the Kharkiv Oblast branch of the
Petro Poroshenko Bloc
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. In the October
2015 Ukrainian local elections
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Rainin was elected to the
Kharkiv Oblast Council
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Ukrayinska Pravda
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(7 November 2019) On 29 Aug 2016 Poroshenko promoted Rainin to head his
Presidential Administration
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. Since Oblast Councils members are able to combine their duties with other work, Rainin kept his seat in the Kharkiv Oblast Council. Under a presidential decrees signed on 21 May 2019 he was dismissed as head of the Presidential Administration by new 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 ...
who appointed
Andriy Bohdan
Andriy Yosypovych Bohdan ( uk, Андрій Йосипович Богдан; born on 3 December 1976) is a Ukrainian lawyer and former Head of the Presidential Administration. On 21 May 2019 President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Bohdan to lead ...
in his place.
On 27 November 2018 Rainin was appointment chairman of the Kharkiv Oblast branch of the Opposition Platform — For Life party.