Oleksandr Popov

Oleksandr Pavlovych Popov (Ukrainian: Олександр Павлович Попов) (born 22 November 1960, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine), is a Ukrainian politician. In 2010 to 2013, he was a head of the Kiev City State Administration.

Oleksandr Popov
Олександр Попов
Head of the Kiev City State Administration
In office
16 November 2010 – 14 December 2013
Preceded byLeonid Chernovetskyi
Succeeded byAnatoliy Holubchenko (acting)
Minister of Housing and Communal Services
In office
11 March 2010 – 17 June 2010
Preceded byOleksiy Kucherenko
Succeeded byYuriy Khivrych
Minister of Housing and Communal Services
In office
21 March 2007 – 18 December 2007
Preceded by(post created)
Succeeded byOleksiy Kucherenko
Mayor of Horishni Plavni
In office
1994–2007
Preceded by(post created)
Succeeded bySerhiy Suprun
Personal details
Born
Oleksandr Pavlovych Popov

(1960-11-22) 22 November 1960
Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR
Political partyParty of Regions
Alma materTyumen State University in Architecture and Construction
Signature

Traditionally, the elected mayor of Kiev also automatically became chair of Kiev City Council and head of the city's state administration (i.e. head of government). However, following dispute between the mayor and the president in 2010, President Viktor Yanukovych asked the parliament to give him the power to appoint the head of the state administration. Parliament acquiesced, and mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi was dismissed from the state administration and replaced with presidential appointee Popov.[1] Though Chernovetskyi remained the mayor, effective power then started to rests with the appointee Popov, not mayor Chernovetskyi.[2] Kiev then did not have an elected mayor until mayor Vitali Klitschko was sworn in on 5 June 2014.[3][nb 1]

On 14 December 2013 President Viktor Yanukovych suspended Popov.[5] The same day the General Prosecutor of Ukraine's Office handed "a notification on suspicion of abuse of power when ordering the Euromaidan police actions of 30 November 2013" out to Popov[5] and Anatoliy Holubchenko was appointed as acting Head of Kyiv City Administration.[6]

The trial against Popov is ongoing since late 2013.[7] In it Popov denies any wrongdoing.[7] Since the trial he has started an export company aimed at EU markets.[7]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Popov is a self-nominated candidate in Kiev's electoral district 212 (located in Darnytskyi District).[8]

Notes
  1. Chernovetskyi tendered his resignation on 1 June 2012.[4] The City Council decided the same day that Halyna Hereha would temporarily act as the mayor of the capital city.[4]

References
  1. President Replaces Kyiv Mayor As City Administration Head
  2. Ukrainian Capital Does Away With District Councils
  3. Vitali Klitschko sworn in as Kiev mayor, Interfax-Ukraine (5 June 2014)
    (in Russian) Halyna Hereha resign, Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine (13 June 2014)
  4. Hereha sends petition to parliament on holding of early mayoral election in Kyiv, Kyiv Post (19 July 2012)
  5. Yanukovych suspends Kyiv City Administration Head Popov and Deputy NSDC Secretary Sivkovych from office, say decrees, Interfax-Ukraine (14 December 2013)
    Deputy NSDC Head Sivkovych, Kyiv City Administration Head Popov and two top officials of Kyiv police suspected of abuse of power during events on Maidan on Nov 30, says prosecutor general, Interfax-Ukraine (14 December 2013)
  6. (in Ukrainian) Янукович відсторонив Попова з посади голови КМДА Yanukovych dismissed Popov as head of Kyiv City State Administration, RBC Ukraine (14 December 2013)
    The opposition demanded an early appointment of the date of elections of Kyiv mayor and Kyiv city council Archived 2013-12-14 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrainian National News (14 December 2013)
  7. (in Ukrainian) Oleksandr Popov: The death of hundreds of Heaven – is thought special operation, Glavcom.ua (8 December 2016)
  8. https://glavcom.ua/kyiv/news/kolishniy-glava-kmda-yde-v-radu-po-mazhoritarci-602762.html
Political offices
Preceded by
Leonid Chernovetskyi		 Head of the Kiev City State Administration
2013–2014		 Succeeded by
Anatoliy Holubchenko (acting)
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