Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Skichko ( uk, Олександр Олександрович Скічко; born 28 April 1991 in

Cherkasy Cherkasy ( uk, Черка́си, ) is a city in central Ukraine. Cherkasy is the capital of Cherkasy Oblast ( province), as well as the administrative center of Cherkasky Raion (district) within the oblast. The city has a population of C ...

) is a Ukrainian politician, comedian, actor, and television presenter. From 29 January 2021 to 2 March 2022 Skichko was Governor of Cherkasy Oblast.Zelensky appointed a "servant" and a former showman head of the Cherkasy Regional State Administration

Ukrayinska Pravda ''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukrai ...

(29 January 2020)

Career

Television

Skichko began his television career in 2006, hosting teen-focused programs for the Ukrainian music channel O-TV, and later was a finalist on season one of ''

Ukrayina maye talant ''Ukrayina maye talant'' ( uk, Україна має талант; en, Ukraine's Got Talent) is a Ukrainian reality television series on the STB television network, and part of the global British ''Got Talent'' series. It is a talent show that fe ...

'' in 2009, performing as a

parody A parody, also known as a spoof, a satire, a send-up, a take-off, a lampoon, a play on (something), or a caricature, is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satiric or ironic imitation. Often its sub ...

act. After graduating in 2013 from

Kyiv National Economic University The Kyiv National Economic University ( uk, Київський національний економічний університет імені Вадима Гетьмана, lit=Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University) is a self-govern ...

with a degree in economics, Skichko later began to transition into more mature roles on television while hosting the show ''Pidyom'' on

Novyi Kanal Novyi Kanal (Ukrainian: Новий Канал) is a Ukrainian television channel. The channel is a part of the Starlight Media broadcasting group, created by Viktor Pinchuk. History The channel was launched on July 15, 1998. At first, it was ...

from 2012 to 2013. In 2017, Skichko became one of the three cohosts of the

Eurovision Song Contest 2017 The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the with the song "1944" by Jamala. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and ...

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

. This was the first time ever that a trio of male hosts hosted the show, and the first time since its inaugural edition in 1956 that a woman was not part of the hosting team. Following Eurovision, Skichko became a contestant on the fifth season of '' Tantsi z zirkamy'', the Ukrainian version of '' Dancing with the Stars''. He ultimately was the first celebrity contestant to be eliminated.

Politics

Skichko took part in the

2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Snap elections to the Ukrainian parliament were held on 21 July 2019. Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, these elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolved parliament on 21 Ma ...

as a candidate for

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 previousl ...

in electoral district 197 centred around

Kaniv Kaniv ( uk, Канів, ) city located in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. The city rests on the Dnieper River, and is also one of the main inland river ports on the Dnieper. It hosts the administration of Kaniv urb ...

, located in Skichko's birthplace of

Cherkasy Oblast Cherkasy Oblast ( uk, Черка́ська о́бласть, Cherkaska oblast, ), also referred to as Cherkashchyna ( uk, Черка́щина, ) is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine located along the Dnieper River. The administrative center ...

. He ultimately was elected to the

Verkhovna Rada 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 ...

(Ukraine's parliament) with 50.93% of the vote, and was sworn in as a member of the ninth convocation on 29 August 2019. On 29 January 2021,

Ukrainian President The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...

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 ...

appointed Skichko the Governor of Cherkasy Oblast. On 30 March 2021, the Verkhovna Rada deprived Skichko of his parliamentary mandate.Two deputies resigned

(30 March 2021) Skichko was replaced as Governor by Ihor Taburets on 2 March 2022.Zelensky replaces heads of Odesa, Cherkasy regional state administrations

Ukrinform The National News Agency of Ukraine ( uk, Українське національне інформаційне агентство), or Ukrinform ( uk, Укрінформ), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of ...

(2 March 2022) Taburets was appointed on the seventh day of the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. ...

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Career

Television

Politics

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