Oleksiy Kucher

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

Oleksiy Kucher Олексій Кучер
Oleksiy Kucher
Governor of Kharkiv Oblast
In office 5 November 2019 – 27 November 2020
President	Volodymyr Zelensky
Preceded by	Yuliya Svitlychna
Succeeded by	Aina Tymchuk[1]
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office 29 August 2019 – 3 December 2019
Preceded by	Anatoliy Hirshfeld
Succeeded by	Yuliya Svitlychna
Personal details
Born	Oleksiy Volodymyrovych Kucher (1985-03-23) 23 March 1985 (age 39) Novoraysk, Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Servant of the People
Education	H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University
Occupation	lawyer politician

Oleksiy Volodymyrovych Kucher (Ukrainian: Олексій Володимирович Кучер; born 23 March 1985[2]) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician.[3] Kucher was Governor of Kharkiv Oblast from November 2019 until November 2020.[4][1]

Biography

Kucher studied at the H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University.[5]

He also graduated from the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University.[5]

He obtained his lawyer's license in 2011. Teacher at the High School of Advocacy.[6]

Kucher was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[7] As a candidate of Servant of the People he won election district 179 (located in Kharkiv Oblast) with 50.62% of the votes; Serhii Chernov of Opposition Bloc placed second with 17.25% of the votes.[8] In parliament he became member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy.[5]

On 11 November 2019 President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Kucher Governor of Kharkiv Oblast.[4]

In the October 2020 Kharkiv mayoral election Kucher was the mayoral candidate of Servant of the People.[9] He finished third with 7.24%, losing to incumbent mayor Hennadiy Kernes.[9]

President Zelensky dismissed Kucher, as Governor of Kharkiv Oblast, on 27 November 2020.[1]

Head of the State Regulatory Service of Ukraine

On January 13, 2021, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal signed CMU Resolution No. 12-p on the appointment of O. Kucher as the Head of the State Regulatory Service of Ukraine effective January 14, 2021, by concluding a contract for civil service for the period of quarantine.[10]

After being appointed as the Head of the SRS in January 2021, he resigned his powers as a deputy of the Kharkiv City Council ahead of schedule.[11]

By the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1230-r dated October 11, 2021, he was appointed Head of the State Regulatory Service of Ukraine for a five-year term, following a competitive selection process, effective October 13, 2021.

See also

• List of members of the parliament of Ukraine, 2019–24

References

1. (in Ukrainian) Zelensky appointed leaders of Kharkiv and Odesa regions, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 November 2020)
2. "Кучер Олексій Володимирович". Central Election Commission (in Ukrainian). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
3. "Zelensky introduces new Kharkiv governor". UNIAN. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
4. "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 806/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
5. "Кучер Олексій Володимирович". dovidka.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
6. "Кучер Алексей Владимирович". ru.slovoidilo.ua (in Russian). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
7. "Some 254 MPs enter Rada from Servant of the People, 124 MPs from other parties, 46 MPs self-appointed". Interfax-Ukraine. July 26, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
8. "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
9. (in Ukrainian) Kharkiv, the votes in the mayoral election were counted: who wins and whether there will be a second round, UNIAN (4 November 2020)
10. "Головою Державної регуляторної служби України призначений Олексій Кучер". ДРС (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
11. "У Харківській міськраді - новий депутат". city.kharkov (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-17.

External links

• Media related to Oleksii Kucher at Wikimedia Commons
• Oleksiy Kucher on Facebook
• "President appointed Oleksiy Kucher to the post of Kharkiv RSA Head". Office of the President of Ukraine. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.

Political offices
Preceded by Yuliya Svitlychna	Governor of Kharkiv Oblast 2019-2020	Succeeded by Aina Tymchuk