Mykola Kalashnyk

Kalashnyk was born on 22 May 1990 in Kyiv.^[3] In 2013 he graduated from Kyiv National Economic University with a degree in "Foreign Economic Activity Management", with a qualification of Master of Science in Foreign Economic Activity Management.^[2][3] In 2018 Kalashnyk graduated from the National Academy for Public Administration with a degree in "Regional Administration", with a qualification of Master of Public Administration.^[2]

From 2011 to 2012 Kalashnyk worked as a customs broker at VENT-SERVICE LLC.^[2]

In 2012 he started his career as civil servant in the Darnytskyi District of Kyiv in the municipal enterprise "Directorate for Management and Maintenance of Non-Residential Fund of the Darnytskyi District of Kyiv".^[2]

From 2013 to 2017 Kalashnyk was the head of the department for communal property and privatization of the state housing fund of the Darnytskyi District State Administration of Kyiv.^[2]

From 2017 to 2020 he was head of the Darnytskyi District State Administration staff.^[2]

The following four years Kalashnyk was first deputy head of the Darnytskyi District State Administration and temporarily acting head of the Darnytsia District State Administration.^[2]

When Ruslan Kravchenko was dismissed as Governor of Kyiv Oblast on 30 December 2024^[4] Kalashnyk was appointed as temporary acting Governor (head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration) on 1 January 2025.^[3]

On 24 March 2025 was appointed as the Head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration (Governor) by a decree of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.^[1][3]