Serhiy Volodymyrovych Haidai (; born 6 November 1975) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. He was the head of the Luhansk Regional Military–Civil Administration from 25 October 2019 to 15 March 2023. Since March 15, 2024, Haidai is the head of the State Administration of the Mukachevo District in

Zakarpattia Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпатська область), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kárpátalja'') or Transcar ...

Biography

Haidai studied at the . He also graduated from the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. From 2005 to 2015, Haidai was the General Director of Dembud LLC. From 2008 to 2010, he worked as an Assistant Member 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 2014 to 2015, Haidai worked as an Adviser to the Chairman of the

Obukhiv Raion Obukhiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Obukhiv. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and ...

State Administration. In 2015, he was elected a Member of the

Mukachevo Raion Mukachevo Raion (, ) is a raion (district) of Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukra ...

Council. From 2015 to 2018, he served as Chairman of the

State Administration. During the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

, Haidai served as head of the Luhansk Regional Civil-Military Administration. During the 2022 Battle of Sievierodonetsk, Haidai observed that "The Russians are using their Syrian war tactic in Sievierodonetsk. First, they try to raze a few kilometers of area with air and artillery fire and advance with ground troops. When they gain strength, they retreat, and start shooting with long-range weapons. On the other hand, when they start hitting with cannons, we retreat and then return to our positions." The Ukrainian

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agreed to dismiss Haidai from his position on 14 March 2023, along with the governors of

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and

Khmelnytskyi oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast (), also known as Khmelnychchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in western Ukraine covering portions of the historical regions of western Podolia and southern Volhynia. The Capital (political) ...

s. Haidai was dismissed as Governor by

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on 15 March 2023.

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* 1975 births Living people People from Sievierodonetsk National Academy of State Administration alumni 21st-century Ukrainian businesspeople Governors of Luhansk Oblast Independent politicians in Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian politicians Pro-Ukrainian people of the Russian invasion of Ukraine {{Ukraine-politician-stub