Oleksandr Sin

Oleksandr Sin (Ukrainian: Олександр Чєнсанович Сін, Russian: Алекса́ндр Ченса́нович Син; born on April 12, 1961 in Ordzhonikidze, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[1]) is a Ukrainian politician who was Mayor of Zaporizhia from late 2010 till late 2015.[2]

Oleksandr Sin
Олександр Чєнсанович Сін
올렉산드르 첸사노비츠 신
Sin in 2012
Mayor of Zaporizhia
In office
2010–2015
Preceded byYevhen Kartashov
Succeeded byVolodymyr Buriak
Personal details
Born (1961-04-12) April 12, 1961
Ordzhonikidze, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyParty of Regions (2012–2014)
Other political
affiliations		Batkivschyna

Biography

Sin is ethnically Korean.[3] In 1983 Sin graduated from the Physics Department of the Kiev State University, in 2001 he graduated as economist in Zaporizhia State Engineering Academy, in 2005 he graduated as a state management magister in National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine.[1][4] After a career in the Soviet industry he became deputy mayor of Zaporizhia from 1994 till 1999 and till 2006 in the city's administration.[1] From 2006 till his election as Mayor Sin held various high post in the Zaporizhzhya Regional State Administration.[1]

In October 2010 Sin was elected Mayor of Zaporizhia as a candidate of Batkivschyna.[5] In December 2010 Sin left this party "so that no political context is a source of provocations and insinuations about me. I am grateful to the party, that it supported my decision".[6]

In March 2012 Sin joined the Party of Regions.[7]

The Party of Regions expelled Sin, since they said he was responsible for "policy failure and the collapse of the urban economy", on 24 February 2014.[8] The same day Sin refused to resign from his post at the request of protesters of Euromaidan Zaporizhia,[9] who were occupying the Zaporizhia Oblast regional state administration building at that time.[10]

Sin unsuccessfully stood for re-election as a nonpartisan politician[11] in the 2015 mayoral election, receiving 9% of the vote in the first round of the election.[12][13][14][15] He was succeeded by Volodymyr Buriak.[16]

References
  1. (in Russian) Dossier Archived 2012-05-14 at WebCite from information agency "ЛIГАБiзнесIнформ"
  2. Why has Ukraine become disillusioned with the Orange Revolution?, BBC News (9 March 2011)
  3. (in Ukrainian) «Хочу збудувати громадянське суспільство в Запоріжжі» – мер Сін, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (29 November 2010)
  4. (in Ukrainian) У великій залі облдержадміністрації голова облдержадміністрації Юрій Артеменко представив свою команду активу області, Zaporizhia regional state administration (March 16, 2005)
  5. Tymoshenko's Sin leads in Zaporizhia mayor's race, Kyiv Post (October 31, 2010)
  6. Zaporizhia mayor leaves Batkivschyna Party, Kyiv Post (December 6, 2010)
  7. (in Ukrainian) Мер Полтави вступив у Партію регіонів The mayor of Poltava joined the Party of Regions, The Ukrainian Week (21 July 2012)
  8. (in Ukrainian) Mayor Zaporozhye excluded from the Party of Regions, UNIAN (24 February 2014)
  9. (in Ukrainian) Zaporizhia Mayor refused to resign at the request of Maidan, UNIAN (24 February 2014)
  10. "In Zaporizhia Maidan participants sealed the offices of Zaporizhzhya Regional State Administration" (in Ukrainian). UNIAN. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  11. (in Ukrainian) In Zaporizhia registered 22 candidates for mayor, Слово і Діло (2 October 2015)
  12. http://zpinfo.com.ua/en/pomoshchnik-vladimira-buryaka-nam-vse-ravno-kto-budet-nashim-opponentom-vo-2-ture&page=2
  13. http://zpinfo.com.ua/en/podvedeny-itogi-vyborov-v-zaporozhskoy-oblasti
  14. http://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ukrnews/1903688-local-elections-exit-polls-results-for-main-regions.html
  15. http://elections.rbc.ua/ukr/news/rezultaty-vyborov-mera-zaporozhya-2015-itogi-1445790419.html
  16. (in Ukrainian) CVU Chairman: Klitschko won the most votes among the mayors of cities, Espreso TV (18 November 2015)
    SUMMARY: Klitschko in the lead of Kyiv mayoral election, Filatov likely to become Dnipropetrovsk mayor – exit polls, Interfax-Ukraine (16 November 2015)
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