Halyna Luhova

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Leonidivna and the family name is Luhova.

Halyna Luhova
Галина Лугова
Head of the Kherson City Military Administration
In office
21 September 2022 – March 2, 2023
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byRoman Mrochko
Personal details
Born (1976-04-10) 10 April 1976 (age 48)
Antonivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partyWe have to live here [uk]
Children2
Alma materKherson State University

Halyna Leonidivna Luhova (Ukrainian: Галина Леонідівна Лугова; born 10 April 1976) is a Ukrainian politician who served as the head of the Kherson City Military Administration from 2022 to 2023.

Life

Luhova was born on 10 April 1976 in Antonivka, Kherson Oblast.[1] She studied foreign languages at the Kherson State University.[1] She was a school teacher and was the head of the Antonivsk comprehensive school of grades 1 to 3 No. 21 of the Kherson City Council [uk].[1]

Luhova became a politician in 2015. During the 2020 Ukrainian local elections, she was elected to the city council as a member of the party, "We have to live here [uk]."[1] In 2020, she was appointed as secretary of the city council.[1] On September 21, 2022, following the abduction of city mayor Ihor Kolykhaiev, Luhova was appointed by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy as head of the Kherson City Military Administration.[1] Luhova performs the functions of mayor.[2] During her tenure, she was the only female mayor of a major city in Ukraine.[3] Due to her position, Luhova became a target during the Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast.[3] Luhova was dismissed from her position as head of the Kherson City Military Administration after president Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on March 2, 2023 appointing military prosecutor Roman Mrochko as the new head of the Kherson City Military Administration.[4]

Luhova has two sons.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Zelenskiy appointed a new head of Kherson: what is known about her". www.frontnews.ge. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. ^ Alona Zakharov (21 September 2022). "Was Kolyhaev's secretary: Zelensky appointed a head of the Herson military administration". 24 Kanal (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b Gettleman, Jeffrey; Prickett, Ivor (10 February 2023). "'They're Hunting Me.' Life as a Ukrainian Mayor on the Front Line". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Zelensky appoints new head of Kherson". kyivindependent.com. Retrieved 2 March 2023.