Eduard Matviychuk

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Leonidovych and the family name is Matviychuk.

Eduard Matviychuk
Едуард Матвійчук
6th Governor of Odesa Oblast
In office 18 March 2010 – 8 November 2013
President	Viktor Yanukovych
Preceded by	Mykola Serdyuk
Succeeded by	Mykola Skoryk
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office 2014–2019
President	Petro Poroshenko Volodymyr Zelensky
Preceded by	Hennadiy Trukhanov
Succeeded by	Artem Dmytruk
Constituency	133rd district
Personal details
Born	(1963-04-27) 27 April 1963 (age 62) Velyki Luchky, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political party	Party of Regions

Eduard Leonidovych Matviychuk (Ukrainian: Едуард Леонідович Матвійчук; born 27 April 1963^[1]) is a Ukrainian politician, who served as Governor of Odesa Oblast from 2010 to 2013, and later a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019.

A member of the Party of Regions,^[2] Matviychuk was appointed Governor of Odesa Oblast on 18 March 2010.^[3] Key issues during his tenure included education, such as the distribution of school busses, as well as disagreements with the federal government, which resulted in his removal from office on 8 November 2013.^{[4][5][6][7][8]} Between November 2013 and February 2014, he served as an advisor to President Viktor Yanukovych.^[9]

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Matviychuk successfully ran as an independent candidate in the 133rd electoral district, which includes parts of the city of Odesa, winning in a crowded field with 24.20% of the vote.^[10][11][12] He did not seek re-election in 2019, and was succeeded by Artem Dmytruk.^[1]

References

1. "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
2. "Матвійчук Едуард Леонідович; кол. нар. деп. України". Довідники про сучасну Україну. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
3. "Указ Президента України. Про призначення Е. Матвійчука головою Одеської обласної державної адміністрації". zakon.rada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
4. "Eduard Matviychuk handed over the keys of new school busses". izvestiya.odessa.ua. 14 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
5. "Yanukovych appoints ex-governors of Odesa, Ivano-Frankivsk regions as his advisors". Kyiv Post. Interfax-Ukraine. 8 November 2013. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
6. "Yanukovych replaces Odesa regional governor". Interfax-Ukraine. 11 August 2013. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
7. Губернатор Одесской области ничего не слышал о своем увольнении [Governor of Odesa region have not heard anything about his dismissal] (in Russian). 7 November 2013. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
8. "Экс-губернатор Эдуард Матвийчук: "Я остаюсь в Одессе и буду работать"" [Ex-Governor Edward Matviychuk: "I will stay in Odesa and will work"]. International & Ukrainian News. 8 November 2013. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
9. "Указ Президента України. Про звільнення Е. Матвійчука з посади Радника Президента України". zakon.rada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
10. "CEC registers 357 newly elected deputies of 422". National Radio Company of Ukraine. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
11. "Parliament to form leadership and coalition on November 27". UNIAN. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
12. "Candidates and winner for the seat in constituency 133 in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election" (in Ukrainian). RBK Ukraine. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.

External links

• Profile at the Central Election Commission of Ukraine

Political offices
Preceded by Mykola Serdyuk	Governor of Odesa Oblast 2010 - 2013	Succeeded by Mykola Skoryk