Leonid Chernovetsky
| Leonid Chernovetskyi Леонід Черновецький |
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| 4th Mayor of Kiev | |
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In office 14 April 2006 – 3 June 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Oleksandr Omelchenko |
| Succeeded by | Halyna Hereha (acting) |
| Head of the Kiev City State Administration | |
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In office 20 April 2006 – 16 November 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Oleksandr Omelchenko |
| Succeeded by | Oleksandr Popov |
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November 25, 1951 Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Nationality | jewish, georgian (citizenship) |
| Political party | Christian Liberal Party of Ukraine |
| Spouse(s) | Alina Aivazova (divorce) Elena Savchuk |
| Children | Kristina Stepan Gabriel |
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| Website | www.chernovetskiy.com.ua/ |
Leonid Mykhaylovych Chernovetskyi (Ukrainian: Леонід Михайлович Черновецький; born November 25, 1951 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR) is a former Mayor of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, from 2006 until the summer of 2012. He was a successful businessman, founder and controlling stakeholder of the Pravex Group and Pravex Bank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine. Since the appointment by President Viktor Yanukovych of Oleksandr Popov as Head of Kiev City State Administration on 16 November 2010, replacing Chernovetskyi, Chernovetskyi was deprived of any real decision-making role in Kiev. He tendered his resignation on 1 June 2012.
After this resignation Chernovetsky and his family moved to the Georgian town Kobuleti and he has Georgian citizenship
Chernovetskyi quit school when he was 14 and went to work as a fitter at an aviation factory, but soon returned to resume his education, graduating from the Kharkiv public school #4. From 1970 until 1972, Chernovetsky served his military obligations. In 1977, he graduated from the Kharkiv Law School (Харьковский юридический институт) with specialization in jurisprudence. He worked as the senior detective in the prosecutor's office of Kiev Oblast. In 1981, he returned to Kharkiv Law School attending aspirantura and obtained his doctorate in 1984 with a dissertation about Methods of investigation of plunders conducted by officials. Until 1989 he was a teacher at Kiev University.
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