Vasyl Hubal | |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Office: | Governor of Zakarpattia Oblast |
Term Start: | 2014 |
Term End: | 2015 |
Predecessor: | Valeriy Lunchenko |
Successor: | Hennadiy Moskal |
Birth Name: | Vasyl Ivanovych Hubal |
Birth Date: | 5 June 1967 |
Birth Place: | Lypcha, Khust Raion, Ukrainian SSR |
Party: | Servant of the People Non-partisan People's Party |
Alma Mater: | Lviv Polytechnic |
Vasyl Ivanovych Hubal (Ukrainian: Василь Іванович Губаль) (born 5 June 1967, in Lupcha, Khust Raion, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian politician. In 2014 to 2015, he was a leading figure in a political life of Zakarpattia.
Hubal was born near Khust. After serving in the Soviet Army, in 1988-1992 he worked for several factories around Khust i.e. Khust Factory Technological Equipment and a brick factory of the "Radyanska Ukrayina" kolkhoz (collective farm).
In 2006-2014 Hubal was a member of the Khust Raion council. In 2010-2014 he was its chairman.[1] In 2014-2015 he was a head of the Zakarpattia Oblast State Administration (Governor of Zakarpattia Oblast).[1] When serving as a head of the Zakarpattia Oblast State Administration, Hubal was not able to prevent the 2015 Mukacheve incident, according to the parliamentary investigative committee.[2] In 2014 some sources claimed, Hubal is being associated with the "Viktor Baloha clan".[3]
When on 27 February 2024 the Khust City Council resigned Mayor Volodymyr Kashchuk Hubal was the secretary of the city council, in this capacity he became acting mayor in the absence of an elected mayor.[1] At the time he was a member of the Servant of the People party.[1]
Predecessor Valeriy Lunchenko | Governor of Zakarpattia Oblast 2014-2015 | Hennadiy Moskal |