Oleh Honcharuk (politician) explained

Oleh Honcharuk
Native Name Lang:uk
Order:8th
Office:Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Term Start:9 September 2014
Term End:11 June 2019
Term Start2:2010
Constituency2:13th majoritarian district
Birth Date:31 January 1968
Party:Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman
European Solidarity
Front for Change[1]

Oleh Romanovych Honcharuk (uk|Олег Романович Гончарук; born 31 January 1968) is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur, who's currently serving as a member of the Ivano-Frankivsk urban hromada. Previously, he served as the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast from September 2014 to June 2019.

A deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman party, Honcharuk was appointed governor by President Petro Poroshenko on 9 September 2014. He ended his governorship in June 2019.

Biography

Honcharuk graduated from the Ivano-Frankivsk Institute of Oil and Gas, specializing in "Construction of Oil Pipelines", and is an engineer by occupation.

In 1997, he founded a bakery and confectionery company named the "Ligos" LLC, and became its CEO. "Ligos" is now known as one of the five largest of its kind in Ukraine. The enterprise created about 500 jobs.

Since June 2014, he has been the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk branch of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.[2]

Political career

He is a deputy of the Ivano-Frankivsk urban hromada from its 13th majoritarian district, as a member of the Front for Change political faction.

On September 9, 2014, by decree of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, he was appointed head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration (RSA),[3] replacing Andriy Trotsenko.[4] On June 11, 2019, Honcharuk was replaced by Maria Savka as acting governor.[5] [6]

On September 24, 2014, Oleh Honcharuk announced that he and his family no longer had any connection with the company "Ligos". In doing so, he complied with the requirements of Ukrainian legislation, which prohibits combining of an elected position of his with doing business.[7]

Since June 1, 2019, Honcharuk has been the associate professor of the Department of Public Administration and Management of the Institute of Humanitarian Training and Public Administration of the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas.[8]

In September 2021, after the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between the Community Platform and the Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman political party, and Honcharuk therefore became deputy chairman of the party.[9] [10]

Personal life

Honcharuk is married, and has a daughter.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Гончарук Олег Романович . uk . chesno.org . 2024-09-20.
  2. Web site: Олег Гончарук – наступний голова Івано-Франківської ОДА? . 2014-09-10.
  3. Web site: Про призначення О. Гончарука головою Івано-Франківської обласної державної адміністрації . uk . rada.gov.ua . 2014-09-09 . 2024-09-20.
  4. Web site: Порошенко сменил глав Херсонской и Ивано-Франковской областей . ru . liga.net.
  5. Web site: Про тимчасове виконання обов'язків голови Івано-Франківської обласної державної адміністрації . uk . rada.gov.ua . 2019-06-11 . 2024-09-20.
  6. Web site: Про звільнення О. Гончарука з посади голови Івано-Франківської обласної державної адміністрації . uk . rada.gov.ua . 2019-06-11 . 2024-09-20.
  7. Web site: Ивано-франковский губернатор заявил о выходе из бизнеса . ru . economics.lb.ua . 2014-09-24 . 2024-09-20.
  8. Web site: Загальна інформація . uk . . 2022-01-19 . 2021-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211215114204/https://nung.edu.ua/department/kafedra-publichnogo-upravlinnya-ta-administruvannya/zagalna-informaciya.
  9. Web site: uk . Ексголова Івано-Франківської ОДА став заступником голови партії Гройсмана (ФОТОФАКТ) . Galka.if.ua . 2021-11-19 . 2022-01-19 . 2021-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211215114201/https://galka.if.ua/eksgolova-ivano-frankivskoyi-oda-stav-zastupnykom-golovy-partiyi-grojsmana-fotofakt/.
  10. Web site: Олег Гончарук став заступником голови "Української Стратегії Гройсмана". Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman. 2021-11-18. 2022-01-19. 2022-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20220218104542/https://strategy.ua/2021/11/18/oleg-goncharuk-stav-zastupnykom-golovy-ukrayinskoyi-strategiyi-grojsmana/.