Yuriy Klymenko

Yuriy Klymenko
Юрій Клименко
Governor of Luhansk Oblast (acting)
In office 15 July 2015 – 22 July 2015
Preceded by	Hennadiy Moskal
Succeeded by	Heorhiy Tuka
Personal details
Born	Yuriy Yuriyovyvch Klymenko (1973-03-31) 31 March 1973 (age 51) Slovyanoserbsk, Ukraine, Soviet Union

Yuriy Yuriyovyvch Klymenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Юрійович Клименко; born on 31 March 1973) is a Ukrainian politician and activist who was the Acting Governor of Luhansk Oblast in 2015.^[1] He had served as the deputy head of the Luhansk Regional Civil-Military Administration.

Biography

Yuriy Klymenko was born on 31 March 1973.

In 1995 he graduated from the Luhansk State Pedagogical Institute named after Shevchenko, with being qualified as a teacher of Russian language and literature.

From September 1995 to February 1996, he was a leading specialist of the Luhansk Regional Agroindustrial Joint-Stock Company Agrointer in Luhansk.

Between March 1996 and April 2015, served in the military within the Security Service of Ukraine. In 1997, he graduated from the Academy of Security Service of Ukraine with a degree in law.

In April 2015, he became the Deputy Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration for Security and Public Order, which eventually transformed the title the Deputy Head of the Luhansk Regional Military-Civil Administration.

On 15 July 2015, Klymenko was appointed as the Governor of Luhansk Oblast, until 22 July, when being replaced by Heorhiy Tuka.^[1][2]

References

1. "Указ Президента України №447/2015". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-12-03.
2. "Poroshenko appoints volunteer Heorhiy Tuka head of Luhansk Regional State Administration". Ukraine Today. 2015-07-23. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 2021-12-03.