Konstantin Vladimirovich Ivashchenko (born 3 October 1963) is a Russian-Ukrainian

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politician and businessman who served as the ''de facto'' mayor of Mariupol from 6 April 2022 to 23 January 2023, following the

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of the city by the

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(DPR) and

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n troops.

Early life and career

Konstantin Vladimirovich Ivashchenko was born on 3 October 1963 in Zhdanov (now

Mariupol Mariupol is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius, Kalmius River. Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was the tenth-largest city in the coun ...

), then in the

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of the

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. In 1985, he graduated from the Saratov Military Command Engineering High School of Missile Forces with a degree in engineering. Since 1992, he has been working at the Azovmash machine-building enterprise and was the head of the company from 2020 to April 2022.

Political career

In 2010 local elections, he was elected to the Mariupol City Council as a member of the

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. He headed the party's Zhovtnevy district Mariupol branch. In

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, he ran for the City Council as a member of Our Land, but he failed to get elected this time.Small biography on Konstantin Ivashchenko

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Since 2016, he has been a member of the executive committee of the Mariupol City Council. He was the head of the Mariupol branch of the Nashi party. He was elected deputy in the Mariupol City Council once again in

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as a member of the

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

Following the partial capture of Mariupol by the

(DPR) and

n troops, Ivashchenko was appointed mayor of Mariupol by

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, the

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. On 9 April, the Prosecutor's Office of the

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notified Ivashchenko in absentia of suspicion of high treason committed under martial law. Ivashchenko was ordered to clear parts of downtown of rubble and bodies for a celebration of

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on 9 May. Ivashchenko allegedly told the residents of Mariupol that the city will be annexed by Russia and incorporated into the

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. On 26 August, the Ukrainian Resistance Center reported that he left the city following an assassination attempt under the guise of medical treatment. Ivashchenko was relieved of his duties on 23 January 2023 and replaced by

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Sanctions

In July 2022 the EU imposed sanctions on Konstantin Ivashchenko in relation to the

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References

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