Vadym Chernysh

Vadym Chernysh
Вадим Черниш
Minister of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs
In office
14 April 2016  29 August 2019
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterVolodymyr Groysman
Preceded bypost created
Succeeded byOksana Koliada
Governor of Kirovohrad Oblast
In office
3 August 2006  1 November 2007
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byEduard Zeinalov
Succeeded byAnatoliy Revenko
Personal details
Born (1971-10-16) October 16, 1971
Kazanka, Kazanka Raion, Ukrainian SSR
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materYaroslav the Wise Law Academy (1999)
OccupationJurist, statesman

Vadym Olehovych Chernysh (Ukrainian: Вадим Олегович Черниш; born 16 October 1971) is a Ukrainian jurist, lawyer, politician and teacher.

On 26 June 2015 he was appointed as a chairman of the State Agency on issues of Donbas Restoration. He has served as Ukraine's Minister of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs. He has served as the Governor of Kirovohrad Oblast from 3 August 2006 to 1 November 2007.