Borys Albertovych Filatov ( uk, Борис Альбертович Філатов; born 7 March 1972, in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian politician, journalist, lawyer, businessman, and the current Mayor of Dnipro. In 2014 and 2015 he was a member of the

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, the Ukrainian parliament.

Biography

On 4 March 2014, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of

Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration The Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The office of Governor is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the President of Ukraine, on recommendation from the Prim ...

on internal affairs. 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.single-member districts located in Dnipropetrovsk with 56.66% of the votes and became thus a member of the Ukrainian parliament (on 27 November 2014). In parliament he joined the inter-fractional group Ukrop. In the 2015 Ukrainian local elections Filatov was elected Mayor of Dnipropetrovsk (on 15 November 2015) as a UKROP representative.Borys Filatov becomes Dnipropetrovsk mayor – election commission
Ukrinform (18 November 2015) On 24 November 2015 Filatov resigned as member of parliament. In June 2020 Filatov was one of the founders and joined the new party

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. Filatov was reelected Mayor of Dnipro in the 2020 Ukrainian local elections, this time as a member of Proposition.

Controversies

In September 2014, Filatov threatened in public journalist Anatoly Shariy, using obscene words and promising to beat the journalist. On 7 April 2020, Oleksandr Dubinsky shared a screenshot (supposedly fake) on his Facebook page in which, on behalf of Filatov, it was promised to shoot pets that residents walk in parks during quarantine. Later on, Dubinsky placed another statement saying that Filatov removed his initial post about pets from his page and affronted the mayor. In comments section under the Dubinsky’s post with insults, Filatov threatened Dubinsky using foul language with mutilations to be inflicted once they meet and literally said that Benia’s (presumably local oligarch

Ihor Kolomoyskyi Ihor Valeriyovych Kolomoyskyi ( uk, Ігор Валерійович Коломойський, translit=Ihor Valereriyovych Kolomoyskyi; he, איגור קולומויסקי; born 13 February 1963) is a Ukrainian-born billionaire, business magnat ...

’s) security staff won’t save him. Moreover, Filatov published a post himself where he called (likely) Dubinsky a "Bearded Nana’s (a local nickname for Kolomoyskyi) sidekick".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Filatov, Borys Living people 1972 births Politicians from Dnipro Oles Honchar Dnipro National University alumni 20th-century Ukrainian lawyers Ukrainian journalists Ukrainian television journalists Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Mayors of Dnipro UKROP politicians Proposition (party) politicians Ukrainian people of Russian descent