Yuriy Odarchenko | |
Office: | Governor of Kherson Oblast |
Term Start: | 2 March 2014 |
Term End: | 27 August 2014 |
Predecessor: | Mykola Kostyak |
Successor: | Andriy Putilov |
Birthname: | Yuriy Vitaliyovych Odarchenko |
Birth Date: | 5 April 1960 |
Birth Place: | Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Party: | Batkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party |
Alma Mater: | Kherson State Agrarian University (PhD in Economics) |
Yuriy Vitaliyovych Odarchenko (uk|Юрій Віталійович Одарченко) (born 5 April 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, member of the Batkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union party. 2006–2014 he was a member of Ukrainian parliament. On 2 March 2014 Odarchenko was appointed the governor of Kherson Oblast.[1]
In the 2006 and 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Odarchenko was elected to parliament as a candidate of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.[2] In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was reelected to parliament for Batkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union party.[3] [2]
On 2 March 2014 Odarchenko was appointed the governor of Kherson Oblast.[1] Odarchenko's gubernal 2014 9 May Victory Day speech caused controversy in its crowd.
During the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Odarchenko lost in constituency 182 to Oleksandr Spivakovskyy with a minimal difference.[4]
On 27 August 2014 he resigned his position as governor due to disagreements with the new President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
During 17 July 2016 constituency mid-term elections Odarchenko was elected back into the Ukrainian parliament for Batkivshchyna (in constituency 183).[2] [5]
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Odarchenko failed to get elected back into the Ukrainian parliament for Batkivshchyna after losing in constituency 182 finishing fourth with 7.32% of the votes.[6]