Oleh Honcharuk (politician)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Romanovych and the family name is Honcharuk.
This article is about the Ukrainian politician. Not to be confused with military officer Oleh Honcharuk.
Oleh Honcharuk
Олег Гончарук
Honcharuk in 2021
8th Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
In office
9 September 2014 – 11 June 2019
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Preceded byAndriy Trotsenko
Succeeded byMaria Savka (acting)
Denys Shmyhal
Member of the Ivano-Frankivsk urban hromada
Incumbent
Assumed office
2010
Constituency13th majoritarian district
Personal details
Born (1968-01-31) January 31, 1968 (age 56)
Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUkrainian Strategy of Groysman
European Solidarity
Front for Change[1]
Alma materIvano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas

Oleh Romanovych Honcharuk (Ukrainian: Олег Романович Гончарук; born 31 January 1968) is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur, who's currently serving as a member of the Ivano-Frankivsk urban hromada. Previously, he served as the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast from September 2014 to June 2019.

A deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman party, Honcharuk was appointed governor by President Petro Poroshenko on 9 September 2014. He ended his governorship in June 2019.

Biography

Honcharuk graduated from the Ivano-Frankivsk Institute of Oil and Gas, specializing in "Construction of Oil Pipelines", and is an engineer by occupation.

In 1997, he founded a bakery and confectionery company named the "Ligos" LLC, and became its CEO. "Ligos" is now known as one of the five largest of its kind in Ukraine. The enterprise created about 500 jobs.

Since June 2014, he has been the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk branch of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.[2]

Political career

He is a deputy of the Ivano-Frankivsk urban hromada from its 13th majoritarian district, as a member of the Front for Change political faction.

On September 9, 2014, by decree of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, he was appointed head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration (RSA),[3] replacing Andriy Trotsenko.[4] On June 11, 2019, Honcharuk was replaced by Maria Savka as acting governor.[5][6]

On September 24, 2014, Oleh Honcharuk announced that he and his family no longer had any connection with the company "Ligos". In doing so, he complied with the requirements of Ukrainian legislation, which prohibits combining of an elected position of his with doing business.[7]

Since June 1, 2019, Honcharuk has been the associate professor of the Department of Public Administration and Management of the Institute of Humanitarian Training and Public Administration of the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas.[8]

In September 2021, after the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between the Community Platform and the Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman political party, and Honcharuk therefore became deputy chairman of the party.[9][10]

Personal life

Honcharuk is married, and has a daughter.

References

  1. ^ "Гончарук Олег Романович". chesno.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  2. ^ "Олег Гончарук – наступний голова Івано-Франківської ОДА?". Retrieved 2014-09-10. Archived 2014-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Про призначення О. Гончарука головою Івано-Франківської обласної державної адміністрації". rada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  4. ^ "Порошенко сменил глав Херсонской и Ивано-Франковской областей". liga.net (in Russian).
  5. ^ "Про тимчасове виконання обов'язків голови Івано-Франківської обласної державної адміністрації". rada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  6. ^ "Про звільнення О. Гончарука з посади голови Івано-Франківської обласної державної адміністрації". rada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  7. ^ "Ивано-франковский губернатор заявил о выходе из бизнеса". economics.lb.ua (in Russian). 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  8. ^ "Загальна інформація" (in Ukrainian). Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  9. ^ "Ексголова Івано-Франківської ОДА став заступником голови партії Гройсмана (ФОТОФАКТ)". Galka.if.ua (in Ukrainian). 2021-11-19. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  10. ^ "Олег Гончарук став заступником голови "Української Стратегії Гройсмана"". Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman. 2021-11-18. Archived from the original on 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2022-01-19.