Oleksandr Omelchenko
Oleksandr Omelchenko | |
|---|---|
Олександр Омельченко | |
Omelchenko in 2015 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 30 September 2007 – 28 October 2012 | |
| Head of the Kyiv City State Administration | |
| In office 8 August 1996 – 20 April 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Leonid Kosakivskyi |
| Succeeded by | Leonid Chernovetskyi |
| Mayor of Kyiv | |
| In office 30 May 1999 – 14 April 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Leonid Kosakivskyi |
| Succeeded by | Leonid Chernovetskyi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1938 Zoziv, Lypovets Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 25 November 2021 (aged 83) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Political party | Unity of Oleksandr Omelchenko |
| Other political affiliations | Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc Oleksandr Omelchenko Bloc |
| Spouse | Lyudmyla |
| Children | Yan (1966), Oleksandr (1968) |
| Alma mater | Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute |
| Signature | |
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Omelchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Омельченко; 9 August 1938 – 25 November 2021) was a Ukrainian politician.
He served as the Mayor of Kyiv from 1999 to 2006. Omelchenko was also a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2007 to 2012.
Omelchenko was the President of both the Association of the Cities of Ukraine and the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (1997–2006). In 2001, he bought FC CSKA Kyiv from the Ministry of Defence and transformed it into FC Arsenal Kyiv.
Omelchenko died on 25 November 2021, aged 83, after being infected with COVID-19 which caused a lesion of the lungs. From 2014 until his death he was a member of the Kyiv City Council.