Vladyslav Atroshenko ( uk, Владислав Анатолійович Атрошенко; b. 5 December 1968,

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

) is a

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politician and mayor of

. In the 2015 Ukrainian local elections he was elected for the

Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" European Solidarity ( uk, Європейська солідарність, Yevropeis'ka solidarnist', YeS) is a political party in Ukraine. It has its roots in a parliamentary group called Solidarity dating from 2000 and has existed since in vario ...

. In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections he was elected for Small biography on Vladyslav Atroshenko

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Atroshenko is a former

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, last serving from November 2014 to January 2016. He was elected in the

2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Snap elections to the Verkhovna Rada took place on 26 October 2014. Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, had pressed for early parliamentary elections since his victory in the presidential election in May.Petro Poroshenko Bloc European Solidarity ( uk, Європейська солідарність, Yevropeis'ka solidarnist', YeS) is a political party in Ukraine. It has its roots in a parliamentary group called Solidarity dating from 2000 and has existed since in vario ...

(as a

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) in single-member constituency 206 (located in Chernihiv, he won the constituency with 51.34% of the votes). In the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012. In parliament he joined 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 ...

faction. In the

2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 31 March 2002. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1976 The Our Ukraine bloc emerged as the largest faction in the Verkhovna Rada, winning 111 of the 447 seats ...

he was elected in single-member constituency 207 for Viktor Yushchenko's Our Ukraine Bloc. In 2006, he unsuccessfully ran for parliament on the electoral lists of the

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. On 4 February 2005 Atroshenko was appointed

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

, and on December 12 of the same year he was dismissed. In the

2010 Ukrainian local elections The 2010 Ukrainian local elections took place on 31 October 2010,Chernihiv Oblast Council The Chernihiv Oblast Council ( uk, Чернігівська обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Chernihiv Oblast (province) located in Northern Ukraine A list of the various regions of Ukraine and/or ...

for the

Strong Ukraine Strong Ukraine ( uk, Сильна Україна ''Syl'na Ukrajina''); formerly the Labour Party Ukraine
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party. In February 2022, during the

Siege of Chernihiv The siege of Chernihiv was a military engagement in the city of Chernihiv, in Chernihiv Oblast in the north of Ukraine. It began on 24 February 2022, as part of the northeastern Ukraine offensive, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On ...

, he organized the resistance to the Russian attack on the city. On 2 March, he predicted that

urban warfare Urban warfare is combat conducted in urban areas such as towns and cities. Urban combat differs from combat in the open at both the operational and the tactical levels. Complicating factors in urban warfare include the presence of civilians and t ...

in the city was possible. Two missiles hit a hospital in the city during the day according to the health administration chief, Serhiy Pivovar. On 10 March, he said that Russian forces had completely encircled Chernihiv, adding that the city was completely isolated and that critical infrastructure for its 300,000 residents was rapidly failing as it came under repeated bombardment. On March 25, 2022, he shot a video from his car showing the destruction of Chernihiv and on March 26, reported that more houses were destroyed than intact.

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