Yuriy Pohulyaiko

Yuriy Pohulyaiko
Юрій Погуляйко
Governor of Volyn Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 December 2019
Preceded byOleksandr Kyrychuk (acting)
Personal details
Born
Yuriy Mykhailovych Pohulyaiko

(1978-11-12) 12 November 1978 (age 46)
Verkhnoshevyrivka, Ukraine, Soviet Union

Yuriy Mykhailovych Pohulyaiko (Ukrainian: Юрій Михайлович Погуляйко; born on 12 November 1978) is a Ukrainian politician, lawyer, and civil servant,[1] who has served as the Governor of Volyn Oblast since 2 December 2019.[2]

Biography

Yuriy Pohulyaiko was born on 12 November 1978.

Education

He graduated from Luhansk State Agrarian University as a manager of organizations and enterprises, Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (lawyer), Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (lawyer).[3]

Employment

Puhulyaiko worked as a district police inspector, detective officer of the branch of the State Service for Combating Economic Crime of the Krasnodon city department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Luhansk Oblast. He served in the positions of privates and commanding officers in the internal affairs bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Mykolaiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Chernihiv and Luhansk Oblats, then in the National Police.[3]

He served in the tax police of the Main Department of the SFS of Donetsk region. Pohulyaiko held the position of First Deputy Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration, since 22 August 2019.[3]

On 30 October 2019, at an extraordinary session, members of the Volyn Oblast Council approved an appeal to the President of Ukraine, in which they disagreed with the personnel decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to approve the appointment of Pohulyaiko as the Governor of Volyn Oblast.[4] He was appointed and took office on 2 December.[2]

Criticism

On 9 April 2020, the Svoboda faction in the Volyn Regional Council declared the imposition of the Russian language, disregarding for the rules of ethical conduct by civil servants and non-compliance with the Constitution of Ukraine and laws of Ukraine with the law, "On ensuring the functioning of the Ukrainian language as state" language policy".[5][6]

Personal life

He is married and has two children.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Перший заступник керівника Офісу Президента представив нового очільника Волинської ОДА Юрія Погуляйка". Офіс Президента України. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №871/2019" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  3. ^ a b c d "Першим заступником голови Луганської облдержадміністрації став Юрій Погуляйко". ВiстiЛуг. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Проти Юрія Погуляйка — 45 волинських депутатів". Волинь (in Ukrainian). 30 October 2019. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. ^ ""Російської тут не було чути 30 років": "Свобода" вважає, що голова Волинської ОДА нав'язує чужу мову". Волинь (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Заява фракції ВО "Свобода" у Волинській облраді щодо нав'язування російської мови та нехтування правилами етичної поведінки держслужбовцями ОДА". ВО «Свобода». Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.