The governor of Cherkasy Oblast is the head of executive branch for the

Cherkasy Oblast Cherkasy Oblast (, ), also referred to as Cherkashchyna (, ) is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in central Ukraine located along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. The Capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the cit ...

. The office of

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is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the

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, on recommendation from the

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. The official residence for the governor is located in

Cherkasy Cherkasy (, ) is a city in central Ukraine. Cherkasy serves as the administrative centre of Cherkasy Oblast as well as Cherkasy Raion within the oblast. The city has a population of Cherkasy is the cultural, educational and industrial centre ...

. The governor is Ihor Taburets was appointed on 2 March 2022 by

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.Zelensky replaces heads of Odesa, Cherkasy regional state administrations

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Governors

Representative of the President

* 1992 – 1994

Kostiantyn Yastrub Kostiantyn Pylypovych Yastrub (; 25 February 1935 – 20 January 2022) was a Ukrainian politician. A member of the Communist Party, he served as Chairman of the Cherkasy Oblast Council from 1991 to 1992. He died on 20 January 2022, at the age ...

* 1994 – 1994

Vasyl Tsybenko Vasyl Hryhorovych Tsybenko (; born 8 January 1950) is a Ukrainian politician and diplomat, who served as from 2009 to 2015. He was also the from 2001 to 2009. He served as the Governor of Cherkasy Oblast from 1995 to 1998, and as Chairman of ...

Chairman of the Executive Committee

* 1994 – 1995

Heads of the Administration

* 1995 – 1998

* 1998 – 1999

Anatoliy Danylenko Anatoliy Stepanovych Danylenko (; 4 March 1953 - 6 February 2021, Karapyshi, Myronivka Raion, Kyiv Oblast) was a Ukrainian politician who had served as the governor of Cherkasy Oblast from 1998 to 1999. He also served as a member of the Verkh ...

* 1999 – 2002

Volodymyr Lukyanets Volodymyr Lukych Lukyanets (; 16 June 1956 – 13 January 2014) was a Ukrainian politician who had served as the governor of Cherkasy Oblast from 1999 to 2002. Biography Volodymyr Lukyanets was born on 16 June 1956 in Bakeyeve, Cherkasy Obla ...

* 2002 – 2005

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* 2005 – 2010 Oleksandr Cherevko * 2010 – 2010 Petro Haman (acting) * 2010 – 2014

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* 2014 – 2018

Yuriy Tkachenko Yuriy Olegovich Tkachenko (; born 12 November 1972, Bolhrad, Odesa Oblast) - Ukrainian economist, businesspeople who was from 15 March 2014 until 20 November 2018 the head of the Cherkassy Oblast State Administration.Poroshenko appoints new governor in Cherkasy region

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(20 November 2018) * 2018 – 2019

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* 2019 – 2019 Taras Vysotsky (acting) * 2019 – 2019

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* 2019 – 2020 Roman Bodnar * 2020 Serhiy Serhiychuk
Зеленський призначив нового голову Черкаської ОДА

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(28 August 2020) * 2020 – 2021

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(acting)President dismisses Cherkasy regional governor

Ukrinform The National News Agency of Ukraine (), or Ukrinform (), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of Ukraine. It was founded in 1918 during the Ukrainian War of Independence Oleksandr Skichko Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Skichko (; born 28 April 1991 in Cherkasy) 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

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(29 January 2020) * 2 March 2022 – present Ihor Taburets

References

External links

Government of Cherkasy Oblast
in Ukrainian

at the World Statesmen.org {{Chairmen of regional state administrations of Ukraine