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The governor of Kharkiv Oblast () is the head of the executive branch for the
Kharkiv Oblast Kharkiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine. Kharkiv borders Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the southeast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the southwest, Poltava Oblast to the w ...
. 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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, to serve a four-year term. On 24 December 2021 Oleh Synyehubov was appointed governor of Kharkiv Oblast. The official residence for the governor is located in
Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.
.


Governors


Chairman of Executive Committee of Kharkiv Oblast

* Vasyl Kuzmenko (1932–1933) * Illya Shelekhes (1933–1934) * Ivan Fedyayev (1934–1935) * Grygoriy Pryadchenko (1935–1937) * ? (1937–1938) * Grygoriy Butenko (1938–1940) * Petro Svynarenko (1940–1942) * ''
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occupation (1941–1943)'' * Fyodor Artem (1942–1943?) (acting) * Dmytro Zhila (1943) (acting) * Ivan Voloshyn (1943–1954) * Dmytro Pisnyachevsky (1954–1963) * Kostyantyn Trusov (1963–1964) * Dmytro Pisnyachevsky (1964–1968) * Andriy Bezditko (1968–1983) * Oleksandr Maselsky (1983–1992)


Representative of the President

* Oleksandr Maselsky (1992–1994)


Chairman of the Executive Committee

* Oleksandr Maselsky (1994–1995)


Heads of the Administration

* Oleksandr Maselsky (1995–1996) *
Oleh Dyomin Oleh Oleksiyovych Domin (, ) is a former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, Ambassador of Ukraine to the People's Republic of China. Education He graduated from Kharkiv National University of R ...
(1996–2000) *
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(2000–2004) * Stepan Maselsky (2004–2005) *
Arsen Avakov Arsen Borysovych Avakov (, ; born 2 January 1964) is a Ukrainian politician of Armenian descent who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine from 2014 to 2021. He was the Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration from ...
(2005–2010) * Volodymyr Babayev (2010) (acting) *
Mykhailo Dobkin Mykhailo Markovych Dobkin (born 26 January 1970) is a Ukrainian politician, former governor of Kharkiv Oblast, former mayor of Kharkiv,Ihor Baluta (2014–2015) *
Ihor Raynin Ihor Lvovych Rainin or Raynin (; born 6 August 1973) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian politician. From February 2015 until August 2016 he was governor of Kharkiv Oblast. On 29 Aug 2016, he was promoted to head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. ...
(2015–2016Poroshenko announces Lozhkin's resignation, appoints Rainin new head of presidential administration
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(29 August 2016)
) * Yuliya Svitlychna (15 October 2016Poroshenko introduces new Chairman of Kharkiv Regional State Administration
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(15 October 2016)Poroshenko introduced the new head of Kharkiv. Assured of full support
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(15 October 2016)
– 6 November 2019) *
Oleksiy Kucher Oleksiy Volodymyrovych Kucher (; born 23 March 1985) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician. Kucher was Governor of Kharkiv Oblast from November 2019 until November 2020. Biography Kucher studied at the H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedago ...
(6 November 2019Zelensky presents new head of Kharkiv regional administration Kucher
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(6 November 2019)
– 27 November 2020) *
Aina Tymchuk Aina Leonidivna Tymchuk (; born on 21 November 1973) is a Ukrainian politician who was Governor of Kharkiv Oblast from 27 November 2020 until 11 August 2021.Zelensky appointed leaders of Kharkiv and Odesa regions
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(27 November 2020)
) * Oleksandr Skakun (11 August 2021 – 24 December 2021,
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)President appoints acting chairman of Kharkiv Regional State Administration
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 IndependenceThe President dismissed the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration and appointed acting
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(11 August 2021)
Zelensky appointed the head of the Kharkiv region ex-head of the Poltava YEAH
Ukrayinska Pravda (24 December 2021)
* Oleh Synyehubov (24 December 2021 – incumbent)


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Kharkiv Oblast Kharkiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine. Kharkiv borders Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the southeast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the southwest, Poltava Oblast to the w ...