Galina Danilchenko

Galina Danilchenko
Галина Данильченко
Mayor of Russian occupied Melitopol
(Russian-installed)
Incumbent
(contested)
Assumed office
12 March 2022
disputed
Preceded byIvan Fedorov
Personal details
Born (1964-07-05) 5 July 1964
Orlovo, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Political partyUnited Russia (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materMelitopol Institute of Agricultural Mechanization
Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy

Galina Viktorovna Danilchenko (born 5 July 1964) is a Russian and Ukrainian accountant and politician who was installed by Russia as the acting mayor of Melitopol during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, following the kidnapping of Ivan Fedorov by the Russian military. She was a former member of the Melitopol City Council, elected in 2015, and became its secretary soon thereafter.