Serhiy Rafailovych Hrynevetsky (, born 25 September 1957) is a Ukrainian politician who served as the

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, first from 1998 to 2005, and again from 27 November 2020 to 1 March 2022 following his appointment by

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. Zelensky dismissed him on the seventh day of the

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.Zelensky replaces heads of Odesa, Cherkasy regional state administrations

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in the 6th and

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convocations.

Biography

Early life and education

Serhiy Hrynevetsky was born on 25 September 1957 in Luzhanka,

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, in

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, then part of the

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in the

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. Hrynevetsky graduated from the Odesa Technological Institute of Refrigeration on 26 June 1979. On 27 February 1985, Hrynevetsky graduated from the Ukrainian Order of the Red Banner of Labor Agricultural Academy. He was educated as a mechanical engineer.

Career in Soviet Ukraine

He then worked as a technological engineer at the Rodzdilnianski district repair shop until 1980. The same year, he took the position as a senior engineer, which he would hold until 1989. From 1982 to 1984, Hrynevetsky the First Secretary of the Rozdilnianski district committee of the Leninist Communist League of the Youth of Ukraine of Odesa Oblast. From 1984 to 1986, he served as the Second Secretary as the LCLY of Ukraine. From 1986 to 1990, he served as the First Secretary of the Odesa Regional Committee of the Young Communist League of Ukraine. From 1990 to 1991, he went back to Rozdilnianski district as the regional secretary of the

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, Odesa Oblast.

Personal life

Hrynevetsky speaks both Ukrainian and

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, the latter of which is his second language. He currently resides in

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References

External links

Official website

Serhiy Hrynevetsky' profile at the official web site of Verkhovna Rada
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hrynevetsky, Serhiy 1957 births Living people Governors of Odesa Oblast People's Party (Ukraine) politicians Third convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 1st class Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine