Oleh Vasylovych Synyehubov ( uk, Олег Васильович Синєгубов; born 10 August 1983) is a Ukrainian lawyer, attorney, scientist and entrepreneur who is currently the
Governor of Kharkiv Oblast
The Governor of Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Голова Харківської обласної державної адміністрації) is the Chief of Local State Administration (Ukraine), head of executive branch for the Kharkiv Oblast.
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(since 24 December 2021) after being Governor of Poltava Oblast (appointed on 11 November 2019). In the wake of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation on 24 February 2022, Synyehubov was appointed head of the Kharkiv Regional Civil-Military Administration (HOVA).
Biography
Early life
Oleh Synyehubov was born on 10 August 1983 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. His father was an agronomist and his mother was an accountant. He attended Kharkiv secondary school № 147, before enrolling in the Faculty of Law at Kharkiv University of Internal Affairs in 2000. In 2004, he graduated with honors and qualified as a lawyer.
From July 2004 to May 2005 he worked as an investigator of the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on the Southern Railway.
Academic (2005-2019)
From May 2005 to December 2007, he was an Associate Professor of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs.
From January 2008 to July 2008, he was the investigator of investigative branch of LV station "basis" of Regional Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on the Southern railway.
From August 2008 to March 2009, he was a Senior Lecturer of the Department of Civil Law, Institute of Law, Economics and Sociology, KhNUVS. From March 2009 to July 2011, he was an Associate Professor at the same department.
Between July 2011 and November 2015, he was the deputy dean for Educational and Methodological Work of the Institute of Law and Mass Communications of KhNUVS. In 2013, he received the academic title of associate professor of civil law and procedure.
He is a doctor of law. In 2015, he defended his doctoral dissertation on "Exercise of personal non-property rights of minors."
Between November 2015 and October 2019, he became the dean of the Faculty № 6 KhNUVS.
In September 2016, he was the Deputy Chairman of the Specialized Academic Council with the right to accept for consideration and defense of dissertations for the degree of Doctor (Candidate) of Law.
In 2018, Synyehubov was a candidate for the position of a judge of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine, but did not pass the competitive selection.
In the
2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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for the
Verkhovna Rada
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, Synyehubov was a proxy of the candidate from the
Servant of the People party
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It was formed in late 2017 and was officially registered on 31 March 2018 on the basis of the previously ...
in the constituency - 180 developer from Oleksiy Krasov.
Governor of Poltava (2019-2021)
In October 2019, the
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Volodymyr Zelensky
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appointed Synyehubov as Governor.
Governor of Kharkiv (2021-present)
In December 2021, he was appointed
Governor of Kharkiv Oblast
The Governor of Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Голова Харківської обласної державної адміністрації) is the Chief of Local State Administration (Ukraine), head of executive branch for the Kharkiv Oblast.
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Ukrayinska Pravda
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(24 December 2021)
Entrepreneurship
In addition to teaching and research, Synyehubov is also the owner of Seeds of Slobozhanshchyna LLC and Sinegubov, Sobolev & Partners LLC. He is a co-founder of several commercial enterprises, including: Vikata LLC, which is engaged in real estate transactions; Siboney Service LLC, whose activity is consulting on commercial activity and management, and the law firm Raskosov Loyes Group.
Family
He has a wife, Anna Zhuravlyova, who works at the Department of Internal Medicine № 3 and Endocrinology of
Kharkiv National Medical University
Kharkiv National Medical University ( uk, Харківський національний медичний університет), formerly known as Kharkiv Medical Institute and previously Kharkiv State Medical University, is a medical univer ...