Yuriy Odarchenko

Yuriy Odarchenko
Юрій Одарченко
Governor of Kherson Oblast
In office
March 2, 2014 – August 27, 2014
President Oleksandr Turchynov (acting)
Preceded by Mykola Kostyak
Succeeded by Andriy Putilov
Personal details
Born Yuriy Vitaliyovych Odarchenko
(1960-04-05) 5 April 1960
Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party Batkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party
Alma mater Kherson State Agrarian University (PhD in Economics)

Yuriy Vitaliyovych Odarchenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Віталійович Одарченко) (born April 5, 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, member of the Batkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party. During 2006-2014 he was a member of Ukrainian parliament. Since March 2, 2014, Odarchenko is the governor of Kherson Oblast.[1] On August 27, 2014 he resigned his position as governor due to disagreements with the new President of Ukraine.

2014 Victory Day speech

On May 9, 2014, on the 69th anniversary of Victory Day, Governor Odarchenko held a speech in front of veterans of the Great Patriotic War where he questioned the intentions of the communists, as if they were not any better than those of the Nazis.[2] Governor Odarchenko also implied that a similar situation exists today in Ukraine’s southeast.[3] The crowd was not amused, and his microphone was snatched and thrown away. According to local news website Khersonskie Vesti, supporters of Ukraine’s Communist Party led the effort to interrupt the speech.[4] Although, Governor Odarchenko was comparing Russia and Fascist Germany, implying that both foreign powers swept through Ukraine, the communists attempts to represent his speech as "pro-Hitler".

References

  1. ↑ УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 226/2014 : Про призначення Ю.Одарченка головою Херсонської обласної державної адміністрації, Decree of the President of Ukraine.
  2. ↑ Kherson governor calls Hitler 'liberator' addressing veterans on Victory Day, Russia Today, May 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ Херсонского губернатора освистали за высказывания о Гитлере, RIA Novosty, May 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ КОММУНИСТКА ВЫРВАЛА И РАЗБИЛА МИКРОФОН У ОДАРЧЕНКО, Khersonskie Vesti, May 9, 2014.


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