Oleksandr Skakun

Oleksandr Skakun was born on 21 August 1973.^[2] From December 1993 to June 1994, Skakun served in the Ukrainian Ground Forces.^[3]

From February 1995 to January 2017, Skakun served in the Security Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv.^[2]

Skakun graduated in 2000 from the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University and in 2005 from the Kharkiv National Academy of Urban Economy.^[2] He is a Candidate of Law awarded in 2012.^[2]

On 11 January 2017 Skakun was appointed Deputy Governor of Kharkiv Oblast working under Governor Yuliya Svitlychna.^[2] When Svitlychna left this post in November 2019^[4] Skakun continued his career in the Kharkiv Oblast State Administration.^[2] After Aina Tymchuk was dismissed as Kharkiv Governor, on 11 August 2021, Skakun was appointed as the acting Governor of Kharkiv Oblast.^[5]

On 24 December 2021 President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Oleh Synyehubov as Governor of Kharkiv Oblast.^[6]