Halyna Fedorivna Hereha (; born 9 August 1959) is a Ukrainian businesswoman and politician who served as acting
mayor of Kyiv
The Head of Kyiv City (), unofficially and more commonly the Mayor of Kyiv (), is a city official elected by popular vote who serves as a head of the Kyiv city state administration (the capital of Ukraine) and a chairperson the Kyiv City Counc ...
from 2012 to 2014. Hereha also was a Deputy Mayor and Secretary of the
Kyiv City Council
Kyiv City Council (, ), also known as Kyivrada (), is the city council of Kyiv municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council are directly elected by Kyivans and the council is chaired by the M ...
from 20 April 2011 to 5 June 2014. She is the co-owner of the store chain
Epicentr K along with her husband,
Oleksandr Hereha.
Biography
She was born on 9 August 1959 in the village of
Hlynets,
Yavoriv Raion
Yavoriv Raion () is a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Yavoriv. It was established in 1939. Its estimated population is
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number ...
,
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast in western Ukraine. The capital city, capital of the oblast is the city of Lviv. The current population is
History Name
The region is named ...
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She defended her PhD thesis on "Economic efficiency of shopping malls" in 2015.
In 2011, Oleksandr and Halyna Hereha took 27th place in the ranking of the richest people in Ukraine according to FOCUS magazine with a fortune of $890.8 million. In a similar ranking for 2010, they held 26th place with a fortune of $395.4 million.
In 2012, she ran for the Verkhovna Rada in the G215 constituency (Kyiv,
Troieshchyna), but was defeated by Andriy Ilyenko, a candidate from the
All-Ukrainian Union of Freedom.
See also
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List of mayors of Kyiv
References
1959 births
Living people
Politicians from Lviv Oblast
Mayors of Kyiv
21st-century Ukrainian women politicians
Ukrainian women in business
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