Volodymyr Vasylovych Mykolaienko (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Миколаєнко; born on 8 April 1960), is a Ukrainian politician who served as the mayor of Kherson from 2015 to 2020.
Volodymyr Mykolaienko | |
|---|---|
Володимир Миколаєнко | |
 Mykolaienko in 2014 | |
| Mayor of Kherson | |
| In office 25 May 2014 – 27 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Zoya Berezhna (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ihor Kolykhaiev |
| Member of the Kherson City Council | |
| In office June 2006 – 25 May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Volodymyr Vasylovych Mykolaienko 8 April 1960 Kherson, Ukraine, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Batkivshchyna |
On 25 May 2014, at the extraordinary elections, Mykolaienko was elected the mayor of Kherson.
He was re-elected as the mayor of Kherson in the next local elections after two rounds (25 October and 15 November 2015, respectively).
Biography
editHe is a participant of the Euromaidan, after which on 28 May 2014, he was elected mayor of Kherson.[1]
During the events related to the annexation of Crimea and military aggression in the East of Ukraine, Kherson became a strategic temporary border city. During the protests in the East of Ukraine, he expressed his tough position on preventing provocations in Kherson and the impossibility of seizing the city by separatist groups.[2]
We will not meet with bread and salt either local separatists or visiting actors of the separate genre. If necessary, we will shoot to kill. Everyone has been warned and understands the gravity of the situation.
In 2015, he was elected mayor, gaining 24.81% of the votes in the 1st round (20,903 votes), in the second round - 67.78% of the votes (37,532 votes).
His successor is Ihor Kolykhaiev, who took office in 2020.
On 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mykolaienko joined a crowd of hundreds of Kherson residents outside the military enlistment office demanding to be given weapons.[4]
In April 2022, Mykolaienko's wife stated that he had been abducted by Russian occupiers in Kherson and his current whereabouts are unknown.[5]
Income
editIn 2017, Mykolaienko submitted an electronic declaration for 2016.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Глава городской "Батькивщины" обошел оппонентов". 1+1. 28 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
- ^ "Владимир Миколаенко: "Если потребуется, будем стрелять на поражение"". Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
- ^ "Владимир Миколаенко: "Если потребуется, будем стрелять на поражение"". Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Bratushchak, Oleksii; Rieutskyi, Kostiantyn (8 March 2023). "The battle for Kherson: the defenders that stood firm to the end". Ukrainska Pravda. Translated by Loza, Olya; Kravchenko, Yuliia; Kyrylova, Polina; Holmes, Theodore; Hart, Oxana. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ @mattia_n (April 18, 2022). "In Kherson, the Russian occupiers have abducted Volodymyr Mykolayenko,..." (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-04-04 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Володимир Миколаєнко задекларував три квартири та три земельні ділянки [Інфографіка]". 2017-07-05. Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
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