Pavlo Oleksandrovych Kyrylenko ( ua, Павло Олександрович Кириленко; born 5 May 1986) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

prosecutor A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the common law adversarial system or the Civil law (legal system), civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the ...

and politician. He is the current

Governor of Donetsk Oblast The Governor of Donetsk Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Donetsk Oblast. Due to the current Russo-Ukrainian War Donetsk Oblast is, since 5 March 2015, assigned as a civil–military administration. Hence the Governor of Donetsk ...

. Under

martial law Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civil functions or suspension of civil law by a government, especially in response to an emergency where civil forces are overwhelmed, or in an occupied territory. Use Marti ...

during the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, Kyrylenko has served as the Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration.

Biography

In 2008, he 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 ...

. In July 2008, he was employed at the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine. From September 2017 to July 2019, Kyrylenko was the military prosecutor of the

Uzhhorod Uzhhorod ( uk, У́жгород, , ; ) is a city and municipality on the river Uzh in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. The city is approximately equidistant from the Baltic, the Adriatic and the B ...

garrison in the Western region. Kyrylenko is a

Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...

of Justice.

Personal life

Kyrylenko is married and has two children.

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* * 1986 births Living people People from Makiivka Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University alumni Ukrainian prosecutors Governors of Donetsk Oblast Independent politicians in Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian lawyers 21st-century Ukrainian politicians People of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine {{Ukraine-politician-stub