Mykola Ivanovych Kmit (Ukrainian: Микола Іванович Кміть; born 24 March 1966) is a Ukrainian politician and the former head of the Lviv Oblast State Administration. He is a president of the Ukrainian football club FC Skala Stryi (originally from Morshyn).
Mykola Kmit | |
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Микола Кміть | |
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| Governor of Lviv Oblast | |
| In office 1 September 2008 – 21 April 2010[1] | |
| Preceded by | Valeriy Pyatak (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Vasyl Horbal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 March 1966 Buchach, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Spouse | Svitlana Kmit |
| Children | Dana, Nazar |
| Alma mater | Lviv Polytechnic University |
Business career
editKmit is a graduate of the Lviv Polytechnic Institute. Between 1992 and 1995, under Kmit's management, the Invest-Center JSC[2] became a large wholesale supplier of the Ukrainian china and ceramic ware to Russia.
Between 1996 and 2004, Kmit led Nova company[2] specializing in mineral water production and bottling in Morshyn. His leadership resulted in the establishing of the biggest distribution network in Ukraine.
Since 2005 till February 2008, Mykola Kmit is a top-manager, co-owner and strategist of the Industrial and Distribution Systems (IDS).[2] Under his management several new factories were launched and IDS Group became the leader in the Ukrainian mineral water market.
In 2007, Mykola Kmit took 69th place in the TOP-100 best managers in the country, having previously become a finalist in the International Competition Entrepreneur of the Year 2006.[3]
Political career
editIn February 2008 Mykola Kmit became an acting Head of Lviv Oblast State Administration. By a Decree of President Viktor Yushchenko of September 1, 2008, Mykola Kmit was appointed the Head of Lviv Oblast State Administration.[2] Today Mr. Kmit focuses his efforts on developing the investment potential of Lviv Region and implementation of vital projects, including those related to Euro 2012, for the region's growth and well-being. Kmit was dismissed in April 2010 by President Viktor Yanukovych.[2][1]
Kmit was the Self Reliance candidate for People's Deputy of Ukraine in Ukraine's 126th electoral district in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, though he was ultimately not elected.[4][5]
Kmit was the eighth-place candidate for Self Reliance party list in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election. At the time of the elections, he was an independent.[6][7] But in the election the party won 1 seat (in one of the electoral constituencies) while only scoring 0.62% of the national (election list) vote.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Ключові слова:Микола Кміть Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, UNIAN
- ^ a b c d e (in Russian) Николай Кмить Archived 2009-05-23 at the Wayback Machine, LІGA.net
- ^ Кміть Микола — голова Львівської ОДА[dead link]
- ^ "Наші кандидати : Вибори Парламенту 2014". 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Микола Кміть, кандидат у народні депутати від партії "Самопоміч"". Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Центральна виборча комісія - Вибори народних депутатів України 2019". www.cvk.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Sadovyi's Samopomich party reveals top candidates for parliament". Kyiv Post.
- ^ CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections Archived 2019-12-21 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
(in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019 Archived 2019-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)
External links
edit- Mykola Kmit: Business tools are effective in public administration. (in Ukrainian)
- Ukraine's road to 2012 remains rocky as cities face stadium scrap, article in The Guardian by Jonathan Wilson (May 5, 2009)