Vadym Serhiyovych Boychenko (; born 5 June 1977) is a

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politician who de jure serves as the mayor of Mariupol in

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, Ukraine. Boychenko served as mayor 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 ...

and

Siege of Mariupol The siege of Mariupol began on 24 February 2022 and lasted until 20 May 2022, as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. It saw fighting between the Russian Armed Forces (alongside the Donetsk People's Militia) and the Ukrainian Armed F ...

, during which the city has been "completely destroyed", according to

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Early life

Boychenko was born in

Mariupol Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russian i ...

on 5 June 1977. He is a graduate of both the Priazov State Technical University and the

Donetsk National University Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University (Vasyl' Stus DonNU) ( uk, Донецький національний університет імені Василя Стуса, ''Donets’kyi Natsional’nyi Universytet''; russian: Донецкий на ...

. He began employment at the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works as a locomotive engineer in 2005, going on to become Deputy Head of Transportation before leaving the company in 2010. He then held management positions at

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and another steelworks company until his election as mayor in 2015.

Mayor of Mariupol

In 2013–2015, Boychenko was a member of the Executive Committee of the Mariupol City Council. Boychenko was elected mayor of Mariupol on 15 December 2015. He was elected as a non-partisan self-nominated candidate with 69% of the vote. Boychenko unsuccessfully took part in the

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for the

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party, No. 5 on the list as a non-partisan.Electoral history of Vadym Boychenko

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The party won six single-seat constituencies, but its nationwide list only won 3.23% of the votes, failing to overcome the 5% election barrier. Boychenko was re-elected for a second term in October 2020. He was a candidate for the Vadym Boychenko Bloc.

Siege of Mariupol

During the

, Boychenko left the city and provided regular updates to the outside world concerning the

from Dnipro and Zaporizhia.

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Early life

Mayor of Mariupol

Siege of Mariupol

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