Oleksandr Yefremov
Oleksandr Yefremov | |
|---|---|
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| 5th convocation | |
| In office May 25, 2006 – November 23, 2007 | |
| Constituency | Party of Regions, No.19 |
| 6th convocation | |
| In office November 23, 2007 – December 12, 2012 | |
| Constituency | Party of Regions, No.8 |
| 7th convocation | |
| In office December 12, 2012 – November 27, 2014 | |
| Constituency | Party of Regions, No.5 |
| 4th Governor of Luhansk Oblast | |
| In office April 1998 – 26 January 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Hennady Fomenko |
| Succeeded by | Oleksiy Danilov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 22, 1954 Voroshylovhrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Political party | Party of Regions |
| Alma mater | East Ukraine Volodymyr Dahl National University |
Oleksandr Yefremov or Aleksandr Efremov (Ukrainian: Олександр Сергійович Єфремов, Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Ефре́мов) is a Ukrainian former parliamentarian and politician. A former governor of the Luhansk Oblast, from 2010 until 2014 he was Party of Regions's faction leader in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament). On 14 February 2015 Yefremov was detained on suspicion of "abuse of power under aggravating circumstances". This arrest was effectively ended when his bail expired on 1 November 2015. Yefremov was again detained on 30 July 2016 on suspicion of violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity by helping to create the Luhansk People's Republic and misappropriation of property. He was released from prison pending investigation in 2019. Shortly after the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Yefremov moved to Moscow, Russia where he now resides.