Governor of Cherkasy Oblast

Chief executive of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Governor of Cherkasy Oblast

Incumbent Ihor Taburets since 2 March 2022
Residence	Cherkasy
Inaugural holder	Kostiantyn Yastrub
Formation	March 20, 1992 as Presidential representative of Ukraine
Website	Government of Cherkasy Oblast

The governor of Cherkasy Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Cherkasy Oblast.

The office of governor is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the president of Ukraine, on recommendation from the prime minister of Ukraine.

The official residence for the governor is located in Cherkasy. The governor is Ihor Taburets was appointed on 2 March 2022 by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.^[1] Taburets was appointed on the seventh day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[1]

Governors

Representative of the President

1992 – 1994 Kostiantyn Yastrub
1994 – 1994 Vasyl Tsybenko

Chairman of the Executive Committee

1994 – 1995 Vasyl Tsybenko

Heads of the Administration

1995 – 1998 Vasyl Tsybenko
1998 – 1999 Anatoliy Danylenko
1999 – 2002 Volodymyr Lukyanets
2002 – 2005 Vadym Lyoshenko
2005 – 2010 Oleksandr Cherevko
2010 – 2010 Petro Haman (acting)
2010 – 2014 Serhiy Tulub
2014 – 2018 Yuriy Tkachenko^[2]^[3]
2018 – 2019 Oleksandr Velbivets^[3]^[4]
2019 – 2019 Taras Vysotsky (acting)^{[citation needed]}
2019 – 2019 Ihor Shevchenko^[5]
2019 – 2020 Roman Bodnar^[6]
2020 Serhiy Serhiychuk^[7]^[8]
2020 Viktor Husak (acting)^[8]
2020 – 2022 Oleksandr Skichko^[9]^[1]
2 March 2022 – present Ihor Taburets^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Zelensky replaces heads of Odesa, Cherkasy regional state administrations, Ukrinform (2 March 2022)
^ Turchynov appoints Heads of Cherkasy, Chernivtsi and Khmelnytsky regions, Kyiv Post (18 March)
(in Ukrainian) Poroshenko appointed two new governors, Ukrayinska Pravda (9 September 2014)
^ ^a ^b Poroshenko appoints new governor in Cherkasy region, UNIAN (20 November 2018)
^ Poroshenko names Cherkasy region council chairman Oleksandr Velbivets Cherkasy region governor, Interfax-Ukraine (20 November 2018)
^ Zelenskyy Appoints Entrepreneur Shevchenko Governor Of Cherkasy Region, Ukrainian News Agency (31 July 2019)
^ Zelensky replaces head of Cherkasy Regional State Administration – decrees, Interfax-Ukraine (4 November 2019)
^ (in Ukrainian) Зеленський призначив нового голову Черкаської ОДА, Radio Free Europe (28 August 2020)
^ ^a ^b President dismisses Cherkasy regional governor, Ukrinform (30 December 2020)
^ (in Ukrainian) Zelensky appointed a "servant" and a former showman head of the Cherkasy Regional State Administration, Ukrayinska Pravda (29 January 2020)