Yuriy Odarchenko

Yuriy Vitaliyovych Odarchenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Віталійович Одарченко) (born April 5, 1960[1]) is a Ukrainian politician, member of the Batkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party. During 2006-2014 he was a member of Ukrainian parliament. On March 2, 2014, Odarchenko was appointed the governor of Kherson Oblast.[2]

Yuriy Odarchenko
Юрій Одарченко
Governor of Kherson Oblast
In office
March 2, 2014 – August 27, 2014
PresidentOleksandr Turchynov (acting)
Preceded byMykola Kostyak
Succeeded byAndriy Putilov
Personal details
Born
Yuriy Vitaliyovych Odarchenko

(1960-04-05) 5 April 1960
Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyBatkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party
Alma materKherson State Agrarian University (PhD in Economics)

Biography

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 "Fatherland" party.[1][3]

On March 2, 2014, Odarchenko was appointed the [[[governor of Kherson Oblast]].[4] 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.[8]

On August 27, 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][9]

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.[10]

Notes
  1. On May 9, 2014, on the 69th anniversary of Victory Day, Governor Odarchenko held a speech in front of World War II veterans where he questioned the intentions of the communists, as if they were not any better than those of the Nazis.[5] Governor Odarchenko also implied that a similar situation exists today in Ukraine’s southeast.[6] The crowd was not amused, and his microphone was snatched and thrown away. According to local news website Khersonskie Vesti, supporters of Ukraine’s Communist Party led the effort to interrupt the speech.[7] Although, Governor Odarchenko was comparing Russia and Fascist Germany, implying that both foreign powers swept through Ukraine, the communists attempts to represent his speech as "pro-Hitler".

References
  1. Odarchenko Yurii Vitaliiovych, URK.VOTE
  2. УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 226/2014 : Про призначення Ю.Одарченка головою Херсонської обласної державної адміністрації Archived July 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Decree of the President of Ukraine.
  3. Small biography on Yuriy Vitaliyovych Odarchenko, Civil movement "Chesno" (in Ukrainian)
  4. УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 226/2014 : Про призначення Ю.Одарченка головою Херсонської обласної державної адміністрації Archived July 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Decree of the President of Ukraine.
  5. Kherson governor calls Hitler 'liberator' addressing veterans on Victory Day, Russia Today, May 10, 2014.
  6. Херсонского губернатора освистали за высказывания о Гитлере, RIA Novosty, May 9, 2014.
  7. КОММУНИСТКА ВЫРВАЛА И РАЗБИЛА МИКРОФОН У ОДАРЧЕНКО, Khersonskie Vesti, May 9, 2014.
  8. (in Ukrainian) Election results: who was elected to Parliament, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 July 2016)
  9. (in Ukrainian)Data on vote counting at percincts within single-mandate districts Extraordinary parliamentary election on 17.06.2016, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  10. Election of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 2019 Khersonska oblast District 183, URK.VOTE
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