Members of the Mayors' Club

Kazankivka village head since 2015. He was re-elected in 2020. He began his career in 2003 at the Social Protection Department of the Kazankivsky District State Administration as an accountant for the control of benefits. Then – chief specialist of the department of personalized accounting for the provision of benefits. Until 2006, he was the head of the personalized accounting department. In 2006-2015, he worked at the Department of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine in the Kazankivsky District as a chief specialist, chief treasurer, deputy head of the department, head of the department of budget revenues, expenditures and services for fund managers and other clients.

He has been the head of Arbuzyn village since 2018. From 2002 to 2003, he worked as chief agronomist at Pivdennyi Buh CJSC. In 2003-2006, he held the position of Chairman of Pivdennyi Buh CJSC. In 2006-2010, he was the director of Agro Alliance PE. From 2010 to 2011, he held the position of First Deputy Head of Arbuzyn District State Administration. In 2011-2014, he was the head of Arbuzyn District State Administration. In 2014, he held the position of Director of Agro Alliance PE. In 2014-2018, he was elected to the position of Arbuzyn village head.

Liubetskyi village head in November 2020. From 1994 to 1995, he worked in the internal affairs bodies as a police officer of the VDSO police company at the Chernihiv District Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1995-2002, he worked in the Criminal Investigation Department – from assistant operative of the operational search department to senior operative of the department for solving crimes and combating group criminal manifestations of the Criminal Investigation Department. From 2003 to 2005, he held the position of First Deputy Chief of the Criminal Police of the Kulykivka District Police Department. In 2005-2008, he was the Deputy Head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Chernihiv region. From 2008 to 2010 – Head of the Criminal Investigation Department. In 2010-2014, he held the position of First Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the region. After retirement, he worked as the head of the security service of Chernihivvodokanal, later as the deputy director for financial and economic security issues of Mlybor PJSC and Chernihiv Industrial Dairy Company. In 2018-2020 – Head of Security at Ukrposhta.

Novodonetske village head of Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region, from the Servant of the People party since 2020. He is the founder of the Novodonetske Municipal Development Fund, a non-governmental organization aimed at developing infrastructure and supporting social projects in the community.

Dolyna village head of Zaporizhzhya district, Zaporizhzhya region, since 2000. He started his career in 1979 as a tractor driver. From 1987 to 1991 he served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Zaporizhzhya region. In 1991-1995, he worked as a driver for the Department of Agriculture of the Regional Executive Committee, the municipal enterprise ‘Oblselkhoztrans’. From 1995 to 1998 – Deputy Head of Commercial Affairs at Zaporizhsantekhmontazh Trust. In 1999-2000 – Deputy Director of the private enterprise FBM.

Irshanskyi village head since November 2020. In 1978, he worked as an electrician at a machine tool factory in Zhytomyr. In 1985-1992 he worked as a store director of the city association “Prodtovary”. From 1992 to 1996, he was the director of the state utility company “Mriya”. In 1996-1998, he held the position of First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Vutusia. From 1998 to 1999, he worked as the manager of the company store of Zhytomyr Meat Processing Plant OJSC. From 1999 to 2000, he was the Head of the Department of Taxation of Individuals of the State Tax Inspectorate. In 2000, he held the position of Head of the Department of Taxation of Individuals of the Zhytomyr United State Tax Inspectorate. In 2001-2004, he worked as a chief specialist of the Audit Department of Naftogaz of Ukraine NJSC in Kyiv. Kyiv. From 2004 to 2006, he held the position of Head of the Control and Audit Department of the Subsidiary Company “Gas of Ukraine” of NJSC “Naftogaz of Ukraine”. From 2006 to 2007, he was an auditor of the Internal Audit Department of RSDzh Ukraine LLC. In 2007-2010, he was the Director of Mezhyrichinsky Mining and Processing Plant LLC, Irshansk. In 2010-2016, he held the position of General Director of the Irshansky GOK Branch. In 2016-2019, he was the Director of Mezhirichesky GOK LLC. From 2019 to 2020, he was Deputy Director of Mezhyrichny GOK LLC.

From 1992 to 1997 he studied at Lviv State Agrarian University. From 1997 to 1999, he worked as a mechanic at the 1 May Agricultural Enterprise in Voloscha. In 1999, he was appointed Head of the Labour Protection Department of the Drohobych District State Administration. In 2000, he was transferred to the position of Head of the Labour Protection Department of the Labour and Social Protection Department of the Drohobych District State Administration. In 2007, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Head of the Labour and Social Protection Department of the Drohobych District State Administration. On 01.12.2020 he was elected as the village head of Medenytsia village council.

Mayor of Kaniv since 2014. He was re-elected in 2020 (from the party “For the Future”). In 1987-2010, he was the chief architect of Kaniv. In 2010, he held the position of Director General of the Shevchenko National Reserve. From 2011 to 2012 he was the Deputy Mayor of Kaniv. In 2012-2014 – First Deputy Mayor of Kaniv.

Mayor of Ivanychiv since 2011, head of the United Center faction, deputy chairman of the Standing Committee on Budget, Finance and Price Policy. In 2002-2006 he was a member of the Volyn Regional Council. Since 2006 she has been a deputy of Ivanychi District Council and the head of Ivanychi territorial district organization of the United Center. In 2010, she was elected as a deputy of the Volyn Regional Council in a majority constituency.

Desnianske village head since October 2015. In 1984 – 1995 he served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Desnianskyi garrison, Chernihiv region, Kozelets district. In September 1995, he was dismissed to the reserve at his own request. From 1995 to 2011 he was engaged in entrepreneurial activity. In May 2011, he was elected Chairman of the Desnianske Village Council.

Velykodederkalskyi village head since December 2020. He began his career in 2007 as an economist at the Shumsk branch of OJSC CB Khreshchatyk. In early 2010, he became a leading specialist in the financial department of the Shumsky District State Administration, and in 2014 he headed it and worked until 2019. For some time, he worked as a manager at Polysgurt PE and as a procurement specialist at Velykodederkalske Village Council.

Horodnytsia village head of Zvyagel district, Zhytomyr region since 2015 (self-nominated). He was re-elected in 2020.

Kurnenskyi village head of Zhytomyr district, Zhytomyr region, since November 2017. In 1986-1988 he served in the Soviet Army. From 2011 to 2017, he held the position of village head of Strybizka village council.

Mayor of Horodyshche since 2010 (self-nominated). He was re-elected in 2015 and 2020. In 1981-1982 he worked at ATP “17147”, later graduated from Kharkiv Law Institute. From 1986 to 1996, he was an investigator at the Shpolyansky and Horodyshchensky District Police Departments. In 1996-2010, he was a senior assistant prosecutor of the Horodyshche district.

Dzhulinskyi village head of Haisyn district, Vinnytsia region, since 2015. He was re-elected in 2020.

In 2014, he became a member of the executive committee of the Skadovsk City Council. In the fall of 2015, he was elected mayor of Skadovsk. In April 2017, the Skadovsk District Court found Yakovlev guilty in an administrative corruption case. Later, he was handed 3 more corruption reports, all of which were supported by court decisions. The essence of the case was that the mayor’s office purchased stationery from the mayor’s wife’s store for several thousand hryvnias, and he did not report the conflict of interest and signed the financial documents. The case was led by the then deputy chairman of the regional council, and now collaborator Vitaliy Buliuk. In December 2017, the Skadovsk District Court ruled to remove the mayor of the city, Oleksandr Yakovlev, from office for a year, which meant the termination of his powers. The city council secretary Oleg Sokolchu became the acting mayor. In April 2018, the Kherson Regional Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the first instance court. In the winter of 2019, he was a trustee of the presidential candidate Andriy Sadovyi. In the summer of 2019, he ran for parliament in the 186th constituency from the Samopomich party. In the fall of 2020, he won the election for the second time. On March 16, Russians kidnapped the mayor of Skadovsk. An hour later, a huge rally gathered near the city council, with participants demanding the mayor’s return. It helped – Oleksandr Yakovlev was released and soon left Kherson region. He is currently working in Lviv.