Ihor Lvovych Rainin or Raynin (; born 6 August 1973) is a Ukrainian politician. From February 2015 until August 2016 he was

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. On 29 Aug 2016, he was promoted to head of the

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.Poroshenko announces Lozhkin's resignation, appoints Rainin new head of presidential administration

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(29 August 2016) Under a presidential decrees signed on 21 May 2019, he was dismissed by new President

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Biography

In 1997 Rainin graduated from the

Kharkiv Aviation Institute Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

, as an engineer. Rainin started his professional life with various job in the engineering field before 2000. In 2000, he graduated from the Kharkiv branch of the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. He then had various leading civil service positions in the

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administration. From June 2010 till march 2014 Rainin was deputy director of the company "Sintofleks" (located in Kharkiv). In the

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Rainin was elected deputy of the Kharkiv Regional (Oblast) Council (parliament) for the party (of which he also was a member of) "Fatherland". He was placed 8th on the ballot. Rainin became first deputy head of the faction of this party.Kharkiv Governor may become deputy head of the PA - source

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(January 22, 2015)
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Avakov heads the list of "Fatherland" on the regional council elections in Kharkiv
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's presidential administration. Poroshenko appointed Rainin governor of Kharkiv Oblast on 3 February 2015. Late February 2015 Rainin also became the head of the Kharkiv Oblast branch of the

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. In the October

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Rainin was elected to the

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.Former life. What do Poroshenko's people do: Lozhkin and Rainin

(7 November 2019) On 29 Aug 2016 Poroshenko promoted Rainin to head his Presidential Administration. Since Oblast Councils members are able to combine their duties with other work, Rainin kept his seat in the Kharkiv Oblast Council. Under a presidential decrees signed on 21 May 2019 he was dismissed as head of the Presidential Administration by new President

who appointed

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in his place. On 27 November 2018 Rainin was appointed chairman of the Kharkiv Oblast branch of the

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party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rainin, Ihor 1973 births Living people Politicians from Kharkiv National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute alumni National Academy of State Administration alumni Governors of Kharkiv Oblast Batkivshchyna politicians Petro Poroshenko Bloc politicians Opposition Platform — For Life politicians Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine