Hennadiy Lahuta

Hennadiy Lahuta
Геннадій Лагута
Lahuta in 2021
Governor of Kherson Oblast
In office
26 October 2021  9 July 2022
disputed with Volodymyr Saldo
(26 April – 9 July 2022)
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Preceded bySerhiy Kozyr
Succeeded byDmytro Butriy (acting)
Yaroslav Yanushevych
Personal details
Born(1974-08-10)10 August 1974
Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died17 September 2023(2023-09-17) (aged 49)
Kyiv, Ukraine
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyWe Have to Live Here
Other political
affiliations
People's Party
Opposition Bloc
Alma materBerdiansk State Pedagogical University

Hennadiy Mykolayovych Lahuta (Ukrainian: Геннадій Миколайович Лагута; 10 August 1974 – 17 September 2023) was a Ukrainian politician who served as the governor of Kherson Oblast from 26 October 2021 to 9 July 2022. Lahuta was removed from office by the Russian military on 26 April 2022 during the Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast. He was removed from office by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 9 July. He was a member of the We Have to Live Here party headed by the mayor of Kherson Ihor Kolykhaiev.