Andriy Prokopenko

Andriy Leonidovych Prokopenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Леонідович Прокопенко; born 10 January 1982) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. Prokopenko is a former Governor of Chernihiv Oblast.

Andriy Prokopenko
Андрій Прокопенко
Governor of Chernihiv Oblast
In office
1 November 2019 – 12 September 2020
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
Prime MinisterOleksiy Honcharuk
Denys Shmygal
Preceded byNatalia Romanova (Acting)[1]
Personal details
Born
Andriy Leonidovych Prokopenko

(1982-01-10) 10 January 1982
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Political partyOur Land
Servant of the People
EducationUniversity of Kyiv
Occupationentrepreneur
politician

Biography

In 2003, he graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.[2]

Prokopenko is a Candidate of Philosophical Sciences.[2]

Former director of the NGO Institute of Social Development.[2]

He was a managing partner of Prokopenko & Partners.[2]

From 2015 to 2017, Prokopenko was a member of the Chernihiv Oblast Council for the party Our Land.[3][4]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Prokopenko & Partners did sociological research for the party Servant of the People, and Prokopenko himself led that party's headquarters in Odessa during the parliamentary elections.[4]

Prokopenko was Governor of Chernihiv Oblast from 1 November 2019 until 12 September 2020.[5][6][7] Prokopenko resigned as Governor on 12 September 2020 because he claimed he was left out of the selection of candidates for the 2020 election of the Chernihiv Oblast Council.[5] 4 days later the Cabinet of Ministers approved the resignation of the head of the regional state administration.[4]

References
  1. "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 793/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  2. "Прокопенко Андрей Леонидович". LB.ua (in Russian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  3. "Zelenskyy Appoints Prokopenko Chernihiv Governor". Ukrainian News Agency. November 1, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  4. (in Ukrainian) Local elections. Chernihiv region: demarche of the head of the regional state administration and new and forgotten faces of "servants", The Ukrainian Week (21 September 2020)
  5. (in Ukrainian) The head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration resigned, Ukrayinska Pravda (12 September 2020)
  6. "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 794/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  7. "Chernihiv region is in TOP 3 regions in terms of decentralization reform - Andriy Prokopenko". Interfax-Ukraine. January 14, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
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