Roman Ivanovych Tovstyi (Ukrainian: Роман Іванович Товстий; born on 18 June 1979), is Ukrainian politician who had served as the acting Governor of
Poltava Oblast
Poltava Oblast (), also referred to as Poltavshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava. Most of its territory was par ...
15 March to 11 June 2019.
Biography
Roman Tovstyi was born on 18 June 1979 in
Reshetylivka
Reshetylivka () is a city located in Poltava Raion of Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine, and formerly the administrative center of Reshetylivka Raion. Population:
The city is located from Reshetylivka railway station.
History
Reshetylivka ...
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Poltava Oblast
Poltava Oblast (), also referred to as Poltavshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava. Most of its territory was par ...
.
From July to August 1996, he was a handyman of the collective agricultural enterprise named after Gorky, Reshetylivka village, Poltava Oblast.
From September 1996 to June 1997, he was a student of Reshetyliv Vocational School 52 of Poltava region.
From September 1997 to June 2002 he was a student of Poltava State Pedagogical University named after VG Korolenko. In 2002, he graduated from Poltava National Pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Korolenko with a degree in pedagogy and methods of secondary education, history, geography, teacher of history and geography, organizer of local lore and tourism.
From June 2002 to April 2014 he was a private entrepreneur in Poltava.
From July 2011 to April 2014 he worked as a procurement manager for Kernel-Trade Limited Liability Company in Poltava.
Tovstyi was a candidate for People's Deputies from the UDAR party in the 2012 elections.
He was a member of the
Poltava Oblast Council of the VII convocation.
Since April 2014, he was a Deputy Head of the Poltava Regional State Administration.
In 2017 he graduated from the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine with a master's degree in social development management.
On 15 March 2019, Tovstyi was appointed the acting Governor of
Poltava Oblast
Poltava Oblast (), also referred to as Poltavshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava. Most of its territory was par ...
by President
Petro Poroshenko
Petro Oleksiiovych Poroshenko (born 26 September 1965) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian politician and Oligarchy, oligarch who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine), Minister ...
. He was replaced by
Oleh Pruhlo on 14 June.
References
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1979 births
Living people
21st-century Ukrainian politicians
National Academy of State Administration alumni
Governors of Poltava Oblast
People from Poltava Oblast