Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea explained

Post:	Permanent Representative
Body:	the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Insignia:	PRinARC uk.svg
Insigniasize:	210px
Insigniacaption:	Logo of the Permanent Representative's office
Incumbent:	Tamila Tasheva
Incumbentsince:	25 April 2022
Residence:	Simferopol (de jure)
Formation:	14 May 1992 (by the Verkhovna Rada)^[1]
First:	Valeriy Horbatov

The Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukrainian: Постійний Представник Президента України в АР Крим) represents the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

Originally created in 1992 as the Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea, the first representative was not appointed until March 1994. The first representative was Valeriy Horbatov, who worked as a head of the Krupskaya collective farm in Nyzhnohirskyi Raion, Crimean Oblast.

Presidential representatives

• 1994–1996: Valeriy Horbatov
• 1996–1997: Dmytro Stepanyuk
• 1997–1999: Vasiliy Kiselyov
• 1999–2002: Anatoliy Korniychuk
• 2002–2004: Alexander Didenko
• 2005–2006: Volodymyr Kulish
• 2006–2007: Hennadiy Moskal
• 2007–2007: Viktor Shemchuk
• 2007–2007: Volodymyr Khomenko
• 2008–2010: Leonid Zhunko
• 2010–2010: Serhiy Kunitsyn
• 2010–2011: Viktor Plakida (acting)
• 2011–2011: Volodymyr Yatsuba
• 2012–2014: Viktor Plakida (acting in 2011–12)
• 2014–2014: Serhiy Kunitsyn (acting)
• 2014–2017: Natalia Popovych^{[2] [3]}
• 2017–2018: Borys Babin^{[4] [5]}
• 2018–2019: Izet Hdanov (acting, as first deputy)
• 2019–2022: Anton Korynevych^[6]
• 2022–present: Tamila Tasheva^[7]

See also

• Representatives of the President of Ukraine
• Prime Minister of Crimea

External links

• Law of Ukraine about the Representation of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Notes and References

1. Book: Kolstø, Pål . Russians in the Former Soviet Republics . Hurst . 1995 . 1850652066 . London . 194.
2. Web site: Turchynov . Oleksandr . Oleksandr Turchynov . 22 May 2014 . Указ Президента України про призначення Н. Попович Постійним Представником Президента України в Автономній Республіці Крим . Act of the President of Ukraine on recognition of N. Popovych as Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea . 3 August 2015 . . uk.
3. News: Попович Наталія Констянтинівна . Popovych, Nataliia Konstiantynivna . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150804000800/http://www.slovoidilo.ua/person/4809-popovich-nataliya-konstyantinivna.html . 4 August 2015 . 3 August 2015 . Word and Deed . uk.
4. News: 17 August 2017 . Poroshenko appoints Borys Babin as his envoy to Crimea . 18 August 2017 . . Interfax.
5. Web site: Poroshenko . Petro . Petro Poroshenko . 2 December 2018 . Указ Президента України №405/2018 про звільнення Б.Бабіна з посади Постійного Представника Президента України в Автономній Республіці Крим . Act of the President of Ukraine No. 405/2018 on the removal of B. Babin from the position of permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea . 8 December 2018 . . uk.
6. News: 26 June 2019 . President appoints Anton Korynevych as his representative in Crimea . 26 June 2019 . Ukrinform.
7. News: Herasimova . Tetiana . 25 April 2022 . Zelenskyy Appoints Tasheva President's Representative In Crimea Instead Of Korynevych . 3 May 2022 . Ukrainian News.