Vasyl Mykhailovych Horbal ( uk, Василь Михайлович Горбаль; born 18 March 1971) is a
Ukrainian
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politician, former member of the Verkhovna Rada.
In 1993-2002 he worked for various banks in Kyiv and since 1996 as a director of
Ukrgasbank.
In 2002-2010 Horbal was a member of Verkhovna Rada representing the
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 ...
.
[The well-known ex-candidate claims to be the head of the State Judicial Service]
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...
(5 May 2020)
In 2008 he unsuccessfully ran for the
mayor of Kyiv.
In April 2010 Horbal was appointed
Governor of Lviv Oblast.
After being appointed as a governor Horbal was supposed to terminated his parliamentary duty, but instead even though he physically was in
Lviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...
, his card voted on several issues in parliament including the so-called
Kharkiv pact
The Agreement between Ukraine and Russia on the Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine, widely referred to as the Kharkiv Pact ( ua, Харківський пакт) or Kharkov Accords (russian: Харьковские соглашения), was a treaty betw ...
. After a secret ballot in which 66 deputies of the
Lviv Oblast Council
The Lviv Oblast Council or Lviv Regional Council ( uk, Львівська обласна рада) is the regional council (parliament) of the Lviv Oblast (region) located in western Ukraine.
Legislative framework
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expressed their no-confidence in the Governor, President
Viktor Yanukovych dismissed Horbal in December 2010.
References
External links
Profileat the Official Ukraine Today portal
1971 births
Living people
Politicians from Lviv
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni
Ukrainian bankers
Governors of Lviv Oblast
Fourth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Party of Regions politicians
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