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Oleksandr Skakun

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Oleksandr Skakun
Олександр Скакун
Governor of Kharkiv Oblast
Acting
In office
11 August 2021 – 24 December 2021
Preceded byAina Tymchuk
Succeeded byOleh Synyehubov
Deputy Governor of Kharkiv Oblast
In office
11 January 2017 – 11 August 2021
Personal details
Born
Oleksandr Yevhenovych Skakun

(1973-08-21) 21 August 1973 (age 51)
Ukraine, Soviet Union

Oleksandr Yevhenovych Skakun (Ukrainian: Олександр Євгенович Скакун; born on 21 August 1973), is a Ukrainian government official, who was governor of Kharkiv Oblast from 11 August 2021 to 24 December 2021.[1] He is a Candidate of Law awarded in 2012.

Biography

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Oleksandr Skakun was born on 21 August 1973.[2] From December 1993 to June 1994, Skakun served in the Ukrainian Ground Forces.[3]

From February 1995 to January 2017, Skakun served in the Security Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv.[2]

Skakun graduated in 2000 from the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University and in 2005 from the Kharkiv National Academy of Urban Economy.[2] He is a Candidate of Law awarded in 2012.[2]

On 11 January 2017 Skakun was appointed Deputy Governor of Kharkiv Oblast working under Governor Yuliya Svitlychna.[2] When Svitlychna left this post in November 2019[4] Skakun continued his career in the Kharkiv Oblast State Administration.[2] After Aina Tymchuk was dismissed as Kharkiv Governor, on 11 August 2021, Skakun was appointed as the acting Governor of Kharkiv Oblast.[5]

On 24 December 2021 President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Oleh Synyehubov as Governor of Kharkiv Oblast.[6]

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Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Kharkiv Oblast
2021
Succeeded by