Volodymyr Trush | |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Office: | Governor of Ternopil Oblast |
Term Start: | 19 March 2020 |
Term End: | 29 December 2023 |
Predecessor: | Ihor Sopel |
Successor: | Volodymyr Vazhynsky (acting) |
Birth Name: | Volodymyr Lyubomyrovych Trush |
Birth Date: | 12 April 1980 |
Birth Place: | Luchyntsi, Ukraine, Soviet Union |
Volodymyr Lyubomyrovych Trush (; born 12 April 1980), is a Ukrainian public and civil official and entrepreneur who has served as the governor of Ternopil Oblast from 19 March 2020 to 29 December 2023.[1] [2] [3]
Volodymyr Trush was born on 12 April 1980 in the village of Luchyntsy, Rohatyn Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
In 2002, he graduated from the National University "Lviv Polytechnic" with a degree in finance (Master of Economics and Entrepreneurship) and Philology (Bachelor of Philology).
He worked in the tax police of the state tax administration in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast from 2002 to 2008. He was the chief specialist of the security service and director of Igromir LLC from 2008 to 2009). He was an assistant-consultant to the people's deputy of Ukraine in 2010.
He was a private entrepreneur from 2016 to 2019.
He became the director of AVT-Zapad LLC in 2019. The same year, he graduated from the Dubno branch of the Open International University for Human Development "Ukraine" (Bachelor of Laws).[2]
From November 28, 2019, to March 19, 2020, he was the Head of the Rohatyn District State Administration of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.[4] [5]
On 18 March 2020, the Cabinet of Ministers supported Trush's appointment to the post of Governor of Ternopil Oblast.[6] On 19 March, we has sworn into office.[1]
He contracted the coronavirus twice in 2020 and in 2021.[7]
On 29 December 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Trush as Governor of Ternopil Oblast.[3]
He is fluent in Russian and English.