Borys Filatov

Borys Albertovich Filatov (Ukrainian: Борис Альбертович Філатов; born 7 March 1972 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian politician, journalist, lawyer, businessman, and the current Mayor of Dnipropetrovsk. In 2014 and 2015 he was a member of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament.

On 4 March 2014, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration on internal affairs.

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Filatov as an independent candidate won a single-member districts located in Dnipropetrovsk with 56.66% of the votes and became thus a member of the Ukrainian parliament (on 27 November 2014). In parliament he joined the inter-fractional group Ukrop.

In September 2014, Filatov threatened in public journalist Anatoliy Sharyi, using obscene words and promising to beat the journalist.

In the 2015 Ukrainian local elections Filatov was elected Mayor of Dnipropetrovsk (on 15 November 2015). On 24 November 2015 Filatov resigned as member of parliament.

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