Oleksandr Fyshchuk
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12 January 1958
Oleksandr Fyshchuk Олександр Фищук | |
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| Governor of Chernivtsi Oblast | |
| In office 5 February 2015 – 24 November 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Roman Marchuk (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oleksandr Heorhiyovych Fyshchuk 12 January 1958 Borivtsi, Kitsman Raion, Ukrainian SSR |
| Party | People's Front[1] Front for Change |
| Alma mater | Chernivtsi University |
Oleksandr Heorhiyovych Fyshchuk (Ukrainian: Олександр Георгійович Фищук; born 12 January 1958, Borivtsi, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian state official and later politician. Fyshchuk most notably served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, from 2012 to 2014 in constituency No. 202, which is located within Chernivtsi, and as Governor of Chernivtsi Oblast from 2015 to 2018 when he voluntarily resigned.
Fyshchuk was born on 12 January 1958[2] in Borivtsi, which was then part of Chernivtsi Oblast within the Ukrainian SSR.[3] After graduating from secondary school, he worked as a driver in Kitsman, served in the Soviet Army, and worked as a site foreman at the Graviton plant.[3] After returning to school to complete his postgraduate studies, he achieved a specialist degree in physics from Chernivtsi University.[3]
He then worked as an electrician and foreman at the Chernivtsi Rubber Plant, and then as an inspector in the Leninsky District Committee in Chernivtsi.[3] He again went back to school to his alma mater, and in 1992 received a bachelor's in economics.[3] In 1990-2011 with breaks he worked at the State Tax Administration in Chernivtsi Oblast.[3] He then entered the Chernivtsi Regional Council as a deputy as a member of the NGO "Front for Change", which he did until his election to the Verkhovna Rada.[3]