Oleksiy Volodymyrovych Kucher ( ua, Олексій Володимирович Кучер; born 23 March 1985) is a

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and politician. Kucher 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 November 2019 until November 2020.

Biography

Kucher studied at the H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University. He also graduated from the

Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University The Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University ( uk, Національний юридичний університет імені Ярослава Мудрого» (НЮУ), ''Natsional'nyi yurydychnyi universytet imeni Yaroslava Mudroho'') is a ...

. He obtained his

's license in 2011. Teacher at the High School of Advocacy. Kucher was elected to the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

in the

2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Snap elections to the Ukrainian parliament were held on 21 July 2019. Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, these elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolv ...

. As a candidate of

Servant of the People Servant of the People (SN; uk, Слуга народу, Sluha narodu, ) is a liberal, centrist, pro-European political party in Ukraine. It was formed in late 2017 and was officially registered on 31 March 2018 on the basis of the previously ...

he won election district 179 (located in

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 ...

) with 50.62% of the votes; Serhii Chernov of

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placed second with 17.25% of the votes. In parliament he became member of the

Committee on Legal Policy. On 11 November 2019

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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 Kucher

. In the October 2020 Kharkiv mayoral election Kucher was the mayoral candidate of Servant of the People. He finished third with 7.24%, losing to incumbent mayor

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 ...

.Kharkiv, the votes in the mayoral election were counted: who wins and whether there will be a second round

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(4 November 2020) President Zelensky dismissed Kucher, as Governor of Kharkiv Oblast, on 27 November 2020.

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