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Ihor Baluta

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Ihor Baluta
Ігор Балута
Ihor Baluta
Governor of Kharkiv Oblast
In office
2 March 2014[1]– 3 February 2015[2]
Preceded byMykhailo Dobkin
Succeeded byIhor Raynin[2]
Personal details
Born(1970-12-10)December 10, 1970(age 53)
Kharkiv,Ukrainian SSR,Soviet Union
Political partyBatkivshchynauntil 2014[3]
ProfessionPediatrician[4]

Ihor Myronovych Baluta(Ukrainian:Ігор Миронович Балута) is aUkrainianpediatrician,businessman,Ukrainianpolitician andGovernor of Kharkiv Oblastfrom March 2014 to February 2015.[4][5][2]

Biography

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Baluta was born 9 July 1970 inKharkiv.[1]In 1993 he graduated fromKharkiv Medical Institute(specializing inpediatrics).[1]From 1993 until 1998 he worked at achildren's hospitalin Kharkiv.[1]Baluta was an assistant at the laboratory ofClinical ImmunologyandAllergologyof the Kharkiv Research Institute of Microbiology and Immunology Department of theAcademy of medical sciences of Ukrainein Kharkiv from early 1999 until early 2002.[1]From 2002 until 2005 he wasCEOof two commercial enterprises.[1]Late 2004 he participated in theOrange Revolution.[6]From April 2005 until September 2010 Baluta served as head of the main Directorate of labour and social protection of the population ofKharkiv Oblast(province).[1]

In2010 he was electedas a Deputy of the Kharkiv Oblast Council (forBatkivshchyna).[1][4]In the2012 Ukrainian parliamentary electionBaluta was for Batkivshchyna in constituency 168 situated in Kharkiv.[1][7]He finished second in this race with 29.34% (winnerValeriy PysarenkoofParty of Regionswon with 43.44%).[7][8]

On 2 March 2014 Baluta was appointed Governor of Kharkiv Oblast.[1]At the time of his appointment Kharkiv Oblast was in uproarbecause ofpro-Russianprotests.[5]On the day of his appointment on his Government office theUkrainian flagwas replaced with aRussian flag.[9]Baluta's first public appearance was two days later when he spoke to a crowd ofpro-EU demonstratorsexpressing his support for the newYatsenyuk Government.[5]From then until 13 April regional (Baluta's Government office the)state administration building was occupiedmultiple times by pro-Russians (until it became fully under Ukrainian control); accompanied by violent clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian demonstrators.[10][11][12][13][4][14][15]Kharkiv returned to relative calm by 30 April.[16]

On 3 February 2015President of UkrainePetro Poroshenkoreplaced Baluta and appointedIhor Rayninas governor in his place.[2]

In the October2015 Ukrainian local electionsBaluta was a candidate forMayorof Kharkiv for the partyVolunteer Party of Ukraine.[17]The election was won by incumbent MayorHennadiy Kernes.[18]

In the October2020 Ukrainian local electionsBaluta was a candidate for theKharkiv Oblast Councilfor the partyAktsent.[19]He, nor his party, were elected to this regional parliament.[20]

References

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  1. ^abcdefghij(in Russian)Short bio,SQ
  2. ^abcd(in Ukrainian)Poroshenko replaced Baluta and Raynin is appointed head of Kharkiv Oblast,Espreso TV(3 February 2015)
  3. ^(in Russian)[1]
  4. ^abcdKharkiv torn between Europe and Russia,Deutsche Welle(6 March 2014)
  5. ^abcNewly appointed Kharkiv governor makes first public appearance,Kyiv Post(March 4, 2014)
  6. ^(in Ukrainian)Blog byArsen AvakovRepresent candidates - District N168 (Kharkiv) - IHOR Baluta,Ukrayinska Pravda(7 July 2012)
  7. ^ab(in Russian)Short bio of Valeriy Pysarenko,Segodnya(19 September 2012)
  8. ^(in Russian)Results of constituency 168,RBC Ukraine
  9. ^Roth, Andrew (4 March 2014)."From Russia, 'Tourists' Stir the Protests".The New York Times.
    "Russian site recruits 'volunteers' for Ukraine".BBC News.4 March 2014.
  10. ^"Pro-Russia activists declare establishment of 'Kharkiv people's republic'".Focus Information Agency.7 April 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 9 April 2014.Retrieved13 April2014.
  11. ^"Kharkiv settles down, while pro-Russian separatists still hold buildings in Luhansk, Donetsk".Kyiv Post.8 April 2014.Retrieved13 April2014.
  12. ^"Kharkiv city government building infiltrated by pro-Russian protesters".Kyiv Post.13 April 2014.Retrieved13 April2014.
  13. ^"Кернес пообіцяв допомогти звільнити затриманих сепаратистів | Українська правда".Pravda.com.ua.Retrieved28 April2014.
  14. ^"После нападения антимайдановцев на митинг Евромайдана в Харькове пострадало 50 человек: Новости УНИАН".Unian.net. 14 April 2014.Retrieved28 April2014.
  15. ^"Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine".Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.14 April 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 16 April 2014.Retrieved16 April2014.
  16. ^"Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine – based on information received up until 29 April 2014"(Press release). Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. 30 April 2014.Retrieved1 May2014.
  17. ^(in Ukrainian)He rushes to the authorities in the largest cities of Ukraine,Korrespondent.net(8 October 2015)
  18. ^Kernes wins elections for Kharkiv mayor with over 65% of vote,Interfax-Ukraine(31 October 2015)
  19. ^(in Ukrainian)The ex-head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration will run for the regional council from the party owned by Bogoslovska,Depo.ua(18 September 2020)
  20. ^Results of the 2020 elections of the Kharkiv Oblast Council,Central Election Commission of Ukraine
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Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Kharkiv Oblast
2014-2015 		Succeeded by
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