Ihor Myronovych Baluta ( uk, Ігор Миронович Балута) is a

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n pediatrician, businessman,

n politician and Governor of

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, Luhan ...

from March 2014 until February 2015.Kharkiv torn between Europe and Russia
Deutsche Welle (6 March 2014)Newly appointed Kharkiv governor makes first public appearance

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(March 4, 2014)

Biography

Baluta was born 9 July 1970 in

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.Short bio
SQ In 1993 he graduated from Kharkiv Medical Institute (specializing in pediatrics). From 1993 until 1998 he worked at a

children's hospital A children's hospital is a hospital that offers its services exclusively to infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In certain special cases, they may also treat adults. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th ...

in Kharkiv. Baluta was an assistant at the laboratory of

Clinical Immunology Immunology is a branch of medicineImmunology for Medical Students, Roderick Nairn, Matthew Helbert, Mosby, 2007 and biology that covers the medical study of immune systems in humans, animals, plants and sapient species. In such we can see there ...

and

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of the Kharkiv Research Institute of Microbiology and Immunology Department of the Academy of medical sciences of Ukraine in Kharkiv from early 1999 until early 2002. From 2002 until 2005 he was CEO of two commercial enterprises. Late 2004 he participated in the

Orange Revolution The Orange Revolution ( uk, Помаранчева революція, translit=Pomarancheva revoliutsiia) was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate afterm ...

. From April 2005 until September 2010 Baluta served as head of the main Directorate of labour and social protection of the population of

(province). In 2010 he was elected as a Deputy of the Kharkiv Oblast Council (for

Batkivshchyna The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" ( uk, Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина", translit=Vseukrains'ke obiednannia "Bat'kivshchyna") referred to as Batkivshchyna (), is a political party in Ukraine led by Pe ...

). In the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.Short bio of Valeriy Pysarenko

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(19 September 2012) He finished second in this race with 29.34% (winner Valeriy Pysarenko 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 U ...

won with 43.44%). On 2 March 2014 Baluta was appointed Governor of Kharkiv Oblast. At the time of his appointment Kharkiv Oblast was in uproar because of

pro-Russian Russophilia (literally love of Russia or Russians) is admiration and fondness of Russia (including the era of the Soviet Union and/or the Russian Empire), Russian history and Russian culture. The antonym is Russophobia. In the 19th Century, ...

protests. On the day of his appointment on his Government office the

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was replaced with a

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. Baluta's first public appearance was two days later when he spoke to a crowd of pro-EU demonstrators expressing his support for the new Yatsenyuk Government. From then until 13 April regional (Baluta's Government office the) state administration building was occupied multiple times by pro-Russians (until it became fully under Ukrainian control); accompanied by violent clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian demonstrators. Kharkiv returned to relative calm by 30 April. On 3 February 2015

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Petro Poroshenko Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko ( uk, Петро́ Олексі́йович Пороше́нко, ; born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Poroshenko se ...

replaced Baluta and appointed Ihor Raynin as governor in his place.Poroshenko replaced Baluta and Raynin is appointed head of Kharkiv Oblast

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(3 February 2015) In the October 2015 Ukrainian local elections Baluta was a candidate for

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of Kharkiv for the party Volunteer Party of Ukraine. The election was won by incumbent Mayor

Hennadiy Kernes Hennadiy Adolfovych Kernesrussian: Генна́дий Адо́льфович Ке́рнес, translit=Gennady Adolfovich Kernes (27 June 1959 – 17 December 2020) was a Ukrainian politician who was the Mayor of Kharkiv from 2010 until his deat ...

. In the October 2020 Ukrainian local elections Baluta was a candidate for the Kharkiv Oblast Council for the party

Aktsent Aktsent ( uk, Акцент, formally Viche ( uk, Віче; English translation: ''Union'' or ''Council'')), is a political party in Ukraine registered in May 1993.

. He, nor his party, were elected to this regional parliament.Results of the 2020 elections of the Kharkiv Oblast Council
Central Election Commission of Ukraine

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baluta, Ihor Living people 1970 births Businesspeople from Kharkiv Ukrainian billionaires Politicians from Kharkiv Governors of Kharkiv Oblast All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" politicians People of the Orange Revolution Pro-Ukrainian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine Ukrainian paediatricians Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine