Oleksandr Omelchenko

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Omelchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Омельченко Oleksandr Oleksandrovyč Omel'čenko; 9 August 1938 – 25 November 2021) was a Ukrainian politician. He was Mayor of Kyiv from 1999 until 2006. He was also a member of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) from 2007 to 2012.

Oleksandr Omelchenko
Олександр Омельченко
Oleksandr Omel'čenko
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Omelchenko in 2015
Member of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
30 September 2007 – 28 October 2012
Head of the Kyiv City State Administration
In office
8 August 1996 – 20 April 2006
Preceded byLeonid Kosakivskyi
Succeeded byLeonid Chernovetskyi
Mayor of Kyiv
In office
30 May 1999 – 14 April 2006
Preceded byLeonid Kosakivskyi
Succeeded byLeonid Chernovetskyi
Personal details
Born(1938-08-09)9 August 1938
Zoziv, Lypovets Raion, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died25 November 2021(2021-11-25) (aged 83)
Kyiv, Ukraine
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyOur Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc[1]
Other political
affiliations
Oleksandr Omelchenko Bloc
Spouse(s)Lyudmyla
Children2
Alma materKyiv Civil Engineering Institute
OccupationPolitician
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Omelchenko was a candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2004 election as a member of the Unity Party.

Omelchenko died on 25 November 2021 from problems caused by COVID-19 in Kyiv, aged 83.[2]

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