Yuriy Odarchenko
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5 April 1960
Yuriy Odarchenko Юрій Одарченко | |
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| Governor of Kherson Oblast | |
| In office 2 March 2014 – 27 August 2014 | |
| President | Oleksandr Turchynov (acting) |
| Preceded by | Mykola Kostyak |
| Succeeded by | Andriy Putilov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yuriy Vitaliyovych Odarchenko 5 April 1960 |
| Party | Batkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party |
| Alma mater | Kherson State Agrarian University (PhD in Economics) |
Yuriy Vitaliyovych Odarchenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Віталійович Одарченко) (born 5 April 1960[1]) 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.[2]
In the 2006 and 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Odarchenko was elected to parliament as a candidate of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.[3] In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was reelected to parliament for Batkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union party.[1][3]
On 2 March 2014 Odarchenko was appointed the governor of Kherson Oblast.[2] Odarchenko's gubernal 2014 9 May Victory Day speech caused controversy in its crowd.[nb 1]
During the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Odarchenko lost in constituency 182 to Oleksandr Spivakovskyy with a minimal difference.[6]
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).[3][7]
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.[8]
