Serhiy Kuzmenko ( uk, Сергій Анатолійович Кузьменко, born 22 January 1975) is a Ukrainian politician, businessman and state official. In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections he was elected (as a

nonpartisan politician An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views th ...

) mayor of

Oleksandriia Oleksandriia () is a city located in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast (region) in central Ukraine. Administratively, Oleksandriia serves as the administrative center of Oleksandriia Raion (district). Oleksandriia also hosts the administrat ...

.Oleksandriia mayor election 2020

Central Election Commission of Ukraine The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ( uk, Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (''Tse-Ve-Ka''); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukrai ...

Kuzmenko is a former head of the Kirovohrad Regional State Administration (

Governor of Kirovohrad Oblast The Governor of Kirovohrad Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Kirovohrad Oblast. The office of Governor is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the President of Ukraine, on recommendation from the Prime Minis ...

) from 16 September 2014 until 2019.

Biography

After graduating the Kirovohrad National Technical University in 1997, Kuzmenko worked at the family business Holovkivska Agro-Firm out of Holovkivka which in 2000 became known as "UkrAhroKom". In 2002, he went into politics becoming a council deputy of the Oleksandriia Raion council and in 2010–2012 was head of the Oleksandriia Raion State Administration. In 2011 Kuzmenko graduated the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Institute of the

National Academy for Public Administration The National Academy of State Administration ( uk, Національна академія державного управління) of the President of Ukraine is the main state higher educational establishment in Ukraine for preparation and im ...

. In 2012 Kuzmenko became a deputy head of the Kirovohrad Regional State Administration, but at the end of 2012 was elected as a member of

Party of Regions The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of Uk ...

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 ...

(Ukrainian parliament). After the

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 ...

, he left the party. At the end of September 2014, Kuzmenko was appointed head of the Kirovohrad Regional State Administration. There were protests against this appointment, activists accused Kuzmenko of having supported the 2013 so called " anti-protest laws and of having hired "

Titushky The Titushky (plural; uk, тітушки, russian: титушки) were mercenary agents in Ukraine who supported the Ukrainian security services during the administration of Viktor Yanukovych, often posing as street hooligans in sports clothing ...

" to beat up

protesters. Kuzmenko denied all these charges. He also added that he was never part of the so-called "

anti-Maidan The anti-Maidan ( uk, Антимайда́н, Antymaidan; russian: Антимайдан, Antimaydan) refers to a number of pro-Russian demonstrations in Ukraine in 2013 and 2014 that were directed against Euromaidan and later the new Ukrainian g ...

. In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections Kuzmenko was elected (as a self-nominated candidate) mayor of

with 57,21 of the votes.

Business and philanthropy

Along with his father, Kuzmenko own a family business known as "UkrAhroKom" which owns over of agrarian area in eastern and southeastern portions of

Kirovohrad Oblast Kirovohrad Oblast ( uk, Кіровоградська область, translit=Kirovohradska oblast; also referred to as #Nomenclature, Kirovohradschyna — uk, Кіровоградщина) is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (prov ...

. The company owns the Oleksandriia Sugar Plant, transportation company "Hermes Trading", a couple of livestock farms including "Petrykivske moloko" (Petrykivka Milk), four

grain elevator A grain elevator is a facility designed to stockpile or store grain. In the grain trade, the term "grain elevator" also describes a tower containing a bucket elevator or a pneumatic conveyor, which scoops up grain from a lower level and deposits ...

s, a river terminal in

Svitlovodsk Svitlovodsk () is a city in central Ukraine located on the Dnieper River in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast. The city hosts the administration of Svitlovodsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approximately . ...

. Kuzmenko was the owner of

FC UkrAhroKom Holovkivka FC UkrAhroKom Holovkivka is a former professional Ukrainian football club that plays its home games in the village of Holovkivka in the Oleksandriya District, Kirovohrad Oblast. The club is owned by UkrAhroKom, a Ukrainian agricultural company. ...

that existed in 2008–2014. After acquiring

PFC Oleksandriya Football Club Oleksandriya ( uk, Футбольний клуб Олександрія), commonly known as Oleksandriya, is a Ukrainian professional football club based in the city of Oleksandriya, Kirovohrad Oblast. Founded in 1948, the club pla ...

from

Mykola Lavrenko Mykola Mykolyovych Lavrenko ( uk, Микола Миколайович Лавренко: born May 17, 1956 in Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian government official, football investor and entrepreneur. He has chaired the association footb ...

in 2013, he merged both clubs under the name

FC Oleksandriya Football Club Oleksandriya ( uk, Футбольний клуб Олександрія), commonly known as Oleksandriya, is a Ukrainian professional football club based in the city of Oleksandriya, Kirovohrad Oblast. Founded in 1948, the club pla ...

in 2014.History of FC Oleksandriya

website.

References

External links

Brief profile
at the Official Ukraine Today {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuzmenko, Serhiy Ukrainian businesspeople 1975 births Living people People from Oleksandriia Party of Regions politicians Independent politicians in Ukraine Ukrainian football chairmen and investors FC Oleksandriya Governors of Kirovohrad Oblast Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Mayors of places in Ukraine Businesspeople in agriculture