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Mykola Leonidovich Skoryk ( uk, Микола Леонідович Скорик, born 27 November 1972 in
Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrati ...
) is a Ukrainian politician who was Chairman of the Odesa Regional State Administration.


Career

On September 9, 2012 he took part at the Chornomorets football club's ceremony which was held at the newly built football stadium. On December 23, 2013 he congratulated coach Roman Hryhorchuk and the club's general director, Sergei Kernitsky on their championship participation. For that, they awarded him with the black and blue coloured T-shirt with number one on it and some souvenirs. During the same meeting he also praised the team for winning bronze medals back in 1974 and added that he would like to see current "sailors" to join this football club. On February 25, 2014 he held a meeting in Odesa with various NGO politicians which included such parties as
Batkivshchyna The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" ( uk, Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина", translit=Vseukrains'ke obiednannia "Bat'kivshchyna") referred to as Batkivshchyna (), is a political party in Ukraine led by Pe ...
,
Party of Greens of Ukraine The Party of Greens of Ukraine ( uk, Партія зелених України, Partiia zelenykh Ukrayiny, PZU) is a Ukrainian green political party founded in 1990 by Yuriy Shcherbak and registered in May 1991. The party is a successor of t ...
, Rodina, Svoboda, and Youth Unity. On a day prior to it, he addressed to the people of Odesa:
In these difficult times it is important to remain calm. We need to do everything we can to Odesa remained peaceful town. As head of the region declare I will act, and acting under Ukrainian law. Encourage supporters and opponents of the authorities also act within the law. I'm in the workplace. In
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.2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Skoryk was elected into parliament; after placing 10th on the electoral list of Opposition Bloc.

In September 2016 Skoryk was suspected of involvement in riots targeting
Euromaidan Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protes ...
-supporters in Odesa in February 2014. In the October 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Skoryk was reelected into parliament; after placing 16th on the electoral list of
Opposition Platform — For Life The Opposition Platform – For Life ( uk, Опозиційна платформа – За життя; russian: Оппозиционная платформа – За жизнь, OPZZh) was a parliamentary and now banned pro-Russian and Euros ...
. In the 2020 Odesa local election Skoryk was a candidate for
mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...
of Odesa (nominated by Opposition Platform — For Life). But in the second round of the mayoral election he was defeated by incumbent mayor
Gennadiy Trukhanov Gennadiy Leonidovich Trukhanov (russian: Геннадий Леонидович Труханов; uk, Генна́дій Леоні́дович Труха́нов, ''Hennadiy Leonidovych Trukhanov''; born 17 January 1965) is the mayor of Odesa. ...
, 54.28% of the voters voted for Trukhanov.Trukhanov officially won the mayoral election in Odessa
The Ukrainian Week ''The Ukrainian Week'' ( uk, Український Тиждень, translit=Ukrainskyi Tyzhden) is an illustrated weekly magazine covering politics, economics and the arts and aimed at the socially engaged Ukrainian-language reader. It provides ...
(17 November 2020)


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1972 births Living people Politicians from Odesa Odesa National Polytechnic University alumni Opposition Bloc politicians Opposition Platform — For Life politicians Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Governors of Odesa Oblast {{Ukraine-politician-stub