| Oleksiy Kucher | |
| Office: | Governor of Kharkiv Oblast |
| President: | Volodymyr Zelensky |
| Term Start: | 5 November 2019 |
| Term End: | 27 November 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Yuliya Svitlychna |
| Successor: | Aina Tymchuk[1] |
| Office1: | People's Deputy of Ukraine |
| Term Start1: | 29 August 2019 |
| Term End1: | 3 December 2019 |
| Predecessor1: | Anatoliy Hirshfeld |
| Successor1: | Yuliya Svitlychna |
| Birth Name: | Oleksiy Volodymyrovych Kucher |
| Birth Date: | 23 March 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Novoraysk, Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Education: | H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University |
| Occupation: | lawyer politician |
| Party: | Servant of the People |
Oleksiy Volodymyrovych Kucher (uk|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]
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. 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]
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.