Yuliya Svitlychna ( uk, Юлія Олександрівна Світлична, born 6 June 1984,

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.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 ...

politician. In a

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by-election on 15 March 2020 Svitlychna was elected to

Ukraine's parliament 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 ...

. From 15 October 2016 until 6 November 2019 she was the

Governor of Kharkiv Oblast The Governor of Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Голова Харківської обласної державної адміністрації) is the Chief of Local State Administration (Ukraine), head of executive branch for the Kharkiv Oblast. The of ...

. Before this she was a Deputy of the Kharkiv Regional Council of 7th convocation, Vice President of the Chamber of Regions in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the

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. Svitlychna has a PhD in state administration and was during her reign the youngest regional governor in Ukraine.

Biography

In 2005 Svitlychna graduated from State University of Food Technology and Trade as expert on international economics. In 2005 -2006 she held senior positions at production companies. In 2006 she started her career as civil servant at the Head Office of Economics,

Kharkiv Oblast Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Харківська́ о́бласть, translit=Kharkivska oblast), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna ( uk, Ха́рківщина), is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhans ...

State Administration (RSA), after which she returned to working in private sector of economics. In 2009–2012 Svitlychna graduated with honors from Kharkiv Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy of Public Administration attached to the Office of the

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where she studied state administration, and finished post-graduate studies on mechanisms of state administration. In 2014 she returned to civil service as Head of the Department of Competitive Improvement of the Region at Kharkiv RSA, then, since 2014 – Deputy Head of Kharkiv RSA, First Deputy Head, Acting Head. During her years as Deputy Head Svitlychna oversaw international relations, namely increasing the region's fame and attracting investment. She is also famous for lobbying Kharkiv Region's interests in the

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and

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In the

2015 Ukrainian local elections On 25 October 2015 local elections took place in Ukraine. The elections were conducted a little over a year since the 2014 2014 Ukrainian local elections, snap local elections, which were only held throughout parts of the country. A second roun ...

she was elected Deputy of Kharkiv Oblast Council for

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 Deputy, she is a member of Ukrainian delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the

for 2016–2020. At the 31st session of the Congress Svitlychna was elected Vice President of the Chamber of Regions, and is also a member of the Congress Bureau responsible for coordinating the work of chambers and committees as well as organizing sessions. On 30 August 2016 Svitlychna became

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after her predecessor Ihor Rainin on 29 Aug 2016 had been promoted to head the

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.Poroshenko announces Lozhkin's resignation, appoints Rainin new head of presidential administration

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(29 August 2016) On 15 October 2016 she was officially appointed Governor of Kharkiv by

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. On 6 November 2019 President

Volodymyr Zelensky Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

replaced Svitlychna and appointed

Oleksiy Kucher Oleksiy Volodymyrovych Kucher ( ua, Олексій Володимирович Кучер; born 23 March 1985) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician. Kucher was Governor of Kharkiv Oblast from November 2019 until November 2020. Biography Kuche ...

Governor of Kharkiv Oblast.Zelensky presents new head of Kharkiv regional administration Kucher

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(6 November 2019) In a

by-election on 15 March 2020 Svitlychna won (as an independent candidate) the parliamentary seat that was vacated by Kucher. She won this electoral district 179 located in Kharkiv Oblast with 77.54% or 30.194 votes (voter turnout was 27.47%, Kucher had been elected with a 51.01% voter turnout).The price of the victory vote for Svitlichnaya in the 179th district (Updated)
Civil movement "Chesno" (7 April 2020) (Early in the campaign) Kucher's party

Servant of the People Servant of the People (SN; uk, Слуга народу, Sluha narodu, ) is a liberal, centrist, pro-European political party in Ukraine. It was formed in late 2017 and was officially registered on 31 March 2018 on the basis of the previously ...

had withdrawn its candidate in support of Svitlychna. In the October 2020 Kharkiv local election a new local party backed by Svitlychna, Bloc Svitlychna — Together! participated.Local elections. Kharkiv: between Kernes and Kernes

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(29 August 2019) It won 17 seats in the

Kharkiv Oblast Council The Kharkiv Oblast Council ( uk, Харківська обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Kharkiv Oblast (province) located in eastern Ukraine. The council is composed of 120 members and is situated in the o ...

. and 6 deputies in the Kharkiv City Council.How the composition of the Kharkiv City Council has changed

Civil movement "Chesno" Chesno ( uk, Чесно, lit=honestly, fairly) is a Ukrainian public campaign that emerged late 2011 to advance a fair election process. It is widely known for its critical analysis and evaluation of politicians and the Verkhovna Rada (parliame ...

(26 November 2020)

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KHARKIV REGION OFFICE OPENED IN U.S.
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Ukrainian delegation took part in the 27th Harbin International Economic and Trade Fair
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