Iryna Verihina
Iryna Verihina | |
|---|---|
Ірина Верігіна | |
| Governor of Luhansk Oblast (acting) | |
| In office 10 May 2014 – 15 September 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Mykhailo Bolotskykh |
| Succeeded by | Hennadiy Moskal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Iryna Kostyantynivna Verihina 4 June 1968 Oleksandrivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Batkivshchyna (since 2005) |
Iryna Kostyantynivna Verihina (Ukrainian: Ірина Костянтинівна Верігіна; born in 4 June 1968) is a Ukrainian politician who served as the acting Governor of Luhansk Oblast in 2014. She is also a Member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.
A member of Batkivshchyna, she had been appointed as the head of the regional state administration on 17 March 2014 was appointed as first deputy head of the Luhansk Oblast State Administration.
She has openly condemned Russian military aggression in the territories of Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts against Ukraine.
She was also the head of the Luhansk Regional Organization of the Batkivshchyna Political Party since 2010.
She is a member of the Coordination Council of the Public Human Rights Organization All -Ukrainian Movement "Power of Law".