Ihor Palytsia
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Ihor Petrovych Palytsia (Ukrainian: Ігор Петрович Палиця) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician. From May 2014 until May 2015[4] he worked as Governor of Odesa Oblast.[5][1] In November 2015 Palytsia was elected chairman of the Volyn Oblast regional parliament.[6][7] In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Palytsia won a seat as an independent candidate.[8] In parliament he joined the For the Future faction.[8]
Ihor Palytsia Ігор Палиця | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Odesa Oblast | |
| In office 6 May 2014[1] – 30 May 2015[2] | |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Nemyrovsky[1] |
| Succeeded by | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 10, 1972[3] Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[3] |
| Political party | UKROP (2015-2020) For the Future (since 2020) |
| Children | Mariia Palytsia, Zakhar Palytsia |
Biography
Palytsia was born 10 December 1972 in Lutsk.[3] In 1994, he graduated from the Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University in his place of birth.[3] Since 1993 he has been a businessman and he was a board member of (the national oil and gas company of Ukraine) Naftogaz from 2003 till 2007.[3] Palytsia unsuccessfully took part in the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election for the Peasant Party of Ukraine.[9] The party won 0,31% of the votes.[10]
In the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Palytsia was elected MP (as #68 on the party list) of Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc.[3] In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was elected with 40.27% of the votes in simple-majority constituency #22 (situated in Lutsk) as a non-party affiliate.[11] He did not enter any faction in the Verkhovna Rada (parliament).[12]
Palytsia was appointed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Governor of Odesa Oblast on 6 May 2014, 4 days after the 2 May 2014 Odesa clashes that killed more than 40 people.[13][1][5][14]
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Palytsia was again re-elected into parliament; this time after placing 34th on the electoral list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc.[15][16] He stayed on as Governor till 30 May 2015 when President Poroshenko appointed Mikheil Saakashvili Governor of Odesa Oblast.[2][17]
In July 2015 Palytsia became a member of the political council of the party UKROP.[7] On 26 November 2015 he was elected chairman of the Volyn Oblast regional parliament.[7][6]
In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Palytsia won a seat as an independent candidate.[8] In parliament he joined the For the Future faction.[8] May 2020 Palytsia was elected chairman of the For the Future party.[18] According to Palytsia For the Future is de facto a continuation of UKROP.[18]
Political image
In the spring of 2014, the Ukrainian press mentioned Palytsia as being close to Ukrainian oligarch (and then fellow Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast[19]) Ihor Kolomoyskyi.[13][5][12] In August 2021 Ukrainska Pravda reported that Palytsia and Kolomoyskyi no longer shared business assets.[20]
References
- ^ a b c d Nemyrovsky dismissed as head of Odesa regional administration, Interfax-Ukraine (6 May 2014)
- ^ a b "Saakashvili Confirmed As Governor Of Ukraine's Odesa Region". RFE/RL. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
Georgian ex-President Saakashvili named Ukraine regional governor , BBC News (30 May 2015) - ^ a b c d e f (in Ukrainian) Short bio,
- ^ . www.president.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 2015-06-02.
- ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Governor of Odessa Region appointed Ihor Palytsia, LIGA (6 May 2014)
- ^ a b "Austrian ski resort of Semmering losing faith in Ukrainian oligarch investors". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Short biograph". LB.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Вся коломойська рать. Чому у Зеленського тепер болить голова?". 29 October 2019.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Ihor Palytsia: Kolomoisky does not chase money like Poroshenko, Ukrayinska Pravda (8 September 2020)
- ^ . DA-TA (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Results constituency #22, NBnews
- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Turchynov gave the Odessa area to Kolomoyskiy's man, Ukrayinska Pravda (6 May 2014)
- ^ a b Kiev hands Odessa post to new governor in effort to end uprising, Financial Times (6 May 2014)
- ^ How did Odessa's fire happen?, BBC News (6 May 2014)
- ^ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) - ^ (in Ukrainian) Full electoral list of Poroshenko Bloc, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 September 2014)
- ^ The head YEAH Igor Palitsa decided to undergo procedure of lustration (17 December 2014)
- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Is Kolomoisky's party "For the Future" a new political project?, Civil movement "Chesno" (6 July 2020)
- ^ Putin Gets Personal in Ukraine, Bloomberg View (Mar 4, 2014)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) A group of three people: "For the Future" Palitsa, Kolomoisky and Avakov, Ukrayinska Pravda (18 August 2021)