Oleksandr Omelchenko
| Oleksandr Omelchenko Олександр Омельченко Oleksandr Omel'čenko |
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| Head of the Kiev City State Administration | |
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In office 8 August 1996 – 20 April 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Leonid Kosakivskyi |
| Succeeded by | Leonid Chernovetskyi |
| 3rd Mayor of Kiev | |
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In office 30 May 1999 – 14 April 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Leonid Kosakivskyi |
| Succeeded by | Leonid Chernovetskyi |
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August 9, 1938 Zoziv, Lypovets Raion, Ukrainian SSR |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc |
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Oleksandr Omelchenko Bloc |
| Spouse(s) | Lyudmyla |
| Children | Yan (1966), Oleksandr (1968) |
| Residence | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Ukrainian Orthodox |
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| Website | http://rada.gov.ua |
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Omelchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Омельченко Oleksandr Oleksandrovyč Omel'čenko) became the mayor of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, in 1999. He lost his re-election bid in March 2006. Omelchenko is also a former member of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament).
Omelchenko is the President of both the Association of the Cities of Ukraine and the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (1997-2006). In 2001 Omelchenko bought FC CSKA Kyiv from the Ministry of Defense and transformed it into FC Arsenal Kyiv.
During the 1999 Kiev mayoral election, Omelchenko defeated a noted oligarch Hryhoriy Surkis, with 76 percent of the vote to Surkis's 16 percent. Omelchenko became the first elected mayor in Ukraine's modern history, with a platform highlighting his work in restoring much of Kiev's historic buildings and renovating parts of downtown Kiev.
Omelchenko was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Unity Party, which he formerly chaired. Omelchenko was the only candidate for President whose son was a deputy in the Ukrainian parliament. His program included the urgent withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Iraq. After the Orange Revolution, Omelchenko joined the People's Union "Our Ukraine" party but did not disband his old party.
While he was running for a third term as Mayor of Kiev in what was expected to be an easy victory in the March 2006 election, he was badly defeated and with 21% of the votes came third behind Leonid Chernovetsky (mayor-elect) and Vitali Klitschko.
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