Ihor Kolykhaiev

Ihor Kolykhaiev was born on May 8, 1971 in Kherson. His mother worked as a shop assistant, father as a lather operator at the enterprise. After school graduation he entered A.Popov Navy Institute of Radioelectronics in Saint Petersburg Having got higher education, Kolykhaiev returned to his native city and in 1995 started to work as an entrepreneur.

November 1995 — February 1998 — a director of «Prodtorg-service» January 1999 — July 2000 — a commercial director of Private Enterprise «Vika and K» July 2000 —a director of LLC "Тrade House «Prodexim» August 2013 — present moment — a director of Partnership «Ukraine’s Food Corporation»

In 2016 Kolykhaiev founded Ihor Kolykhaev's Charity Fund which is aimed at charity help to sportsmen and Kherson citizens.

In 2006 Yurii Bokalo established football club named after Ihor Kolykhaev's enterprise ”Prodexim”.[3]

In October 2015 Ihor Kolykhaiev stood for becoming a deputy at Kherson Oblast Council in accordance with the lists of political party Petro Poroshenko Bloc”.[4] Having got 25,24 % votes at the electoral wardі, he was elected in the 2015 Ukrainian local elections a deputy of Kherson Oblast Council of the VIIth convocation and on December, 2015, he took the oath. On July 21, 2019, he was elected in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election the people's deputy of Ukraine of the IXth convocation at 184 first past the post election constituency.[5] At the Verkhovna Rada of the IXth[6] convocation Faction a Deputy Group member "For the Future".[5] He became the Head's deputy Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on agricultural matters and soil policy.[7]

Kolykhaiev is was elected mayor of Kherson in the 2020 Ukrainian local elections.[1][8][9] A party founded by him called "We have to live here" won 13 of the 13 of the 54 seats in the Kherson City Council in the same election.[10][8]

He brings up two children.

Medal of Merit of Ukraine's Football Federation.

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