Leonid Kosakivsky

Leonid Kosakivsky
Leonid Kosakivsky
Леонід Косаківський
	Kosakivsky in 2002
Mayor of Kyiv
	In office; 10 July 1994 – 12 May 1998; (De facto 29 April 1993 – 10 July 1994)
Preceded by	Position established; (Ivan Salii as Presidential Representative)
Succeeded by	Oleksandr Omelchenko
People's Deputy of Ukraine
	In office; 29 March 1998 – 14 May 2002
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Borys Bespalyi
Constituency	Kyiv, No. 223
Personal details
Born	21 January 1950; Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Batkivshchyna (1999–2001); Hromada (1998–1999); Communist Party of the Soviet Union (until 1991);
Spouse	Iryna
Alma mater	Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv; Kyiv Higher Party School;
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Branch/service	Soviet Army
Years of service	1973–1975
Unit	Carpathian Military District

Leonid Hryhorovych Kosakivsky (Ukrainian: Леонід Григорович Косаківський; born 21 January 1950) is a Ukrainian politician who was the first democratically-elected mayor of Kyiv, serving from 1993 to 1998. He was also a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 223rd electoral district (located in Kyiv's Pecherskyi District) from 1998 to 2002 as a member of Hromada, Batkivshchyna and as an independent.