Mykhaylo Okhendovsky (; born 27 October 1973 in

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, in the

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Охендовський очолив ЦВК ''Ohendovsky leads CEC''
Gazeta.ua (6 July 2013)) is a Ukrainian lawyer who was since 6 July 2013 Chairman of the

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; until the

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dismissed him on 20 September 2018.Verkhovna Rada dismisses 13 CEC members

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(20 September 2018)Mykhailo Okhendovsky appointed head of Central Election Commission

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(6 July 2013)

Biography

In 1997 Okhendovsky graduated with honors from the Institute of International Relations of

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in "

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". From 1991 on he worked in various juridical functions, among others for the

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. In February 2004 Okhendovsky became a member of the

(CEC).Головою ЦВК став Охендовський ''Chairman of the CEC was Ohendovsky''

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(6 July 2013) On 1 June 2007 he was re-elected in the CEC under the quota of the

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in the Ukrainian parliament (the

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). On 6 July 2013 he was elected Chairman of the

, he was the only candidate. On 25 June 2010 Okhendovsky was awarded the title ''Merited Jurist of Ukraine''. In December 2016 Okhendovsky became a suspect accused of receiving illegal funds from " black cash" ledgers of the

.Head of Ukraine’s CEC faces corruption charges in case of Party of Regions’ "black accounts"

(13 December 2016)Kyiv Appeals Court nixes SAPO pretrial confinement request for Okhendovsky

(28 December 2016) Parliament dismissed him and 12 other members of the Central Election Commission on 20 September 2018.

References

External links

Profile on Central Election Commission of Ukraine website
1973 births Living people People from Dubăsari 20th-century Ukrainian lawyers Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni Central Election Commission (Ukraine) 21st-century Ukrainian lawyers {{Ukraine-law-bio-stub