Oleksandr Starukh

Oleksandr Starukh
Олександр Старух
Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
disputed with Yevgeny Balitsky
(9 May 2022 - 24 January 2023)
In office
18 December 2020  24 January 2023
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Preceded byVitaliy Bohovin
Succeeded byYuriy Malashko
In office
25 September 2008  18 March 2010
Acting: 30 May 2008 – 25 September 2008
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byValery Cherkaska (Acting)
Succeeded byBorys Petrov
Personal details
Born (1973-04-28) 28 April 1973
Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyBatkivshchyna
EducationZaporizhzhia National University
Occupationhistorian
politician

Oleksandr Vasyliovych Starukh (Ukrainian: Олександр Васильович Старух; born 28 April 1973) is a Ukrainian historian and politician. On 18 December 2020 he was appointed as Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. He had previously been Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast from 2008 to 2010. On 24 January 2023, he was removed from his position as Governor.