Ihor Terekhov
Mayor of Kharkiv
Ihor Oleksandrovych Terekhov is the mayor of Kharkiv (since November 11, 2021). Previously, he was elected as a deputy of the Kharkiv City Council. He was a member of the standing committee on planning, budget and finance. In the same year, he became the first deputy mayor.
He was born in 1967 in Kharkiv to a military family. He graduated from Kharkiv Institute of Civil Engineering and Kharkiv Regional Institute of Public Administration. For most of his life, he hardly spoke Ukrainian, but after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he changed his position, stating that "our children will communicate only in Ukrainian." He holds the title of "Honored Economist of Ukraine."
1990
Graduated from Kharkiv Institute of Civil Engineering with a degree in Industrial and Civil Construction
1997
Appointed as Chairman of the Board of Shareholders, Chairman of the Board – General Director of JSC "Kharkiv Plant "Conditioner"
2006
Graduated from Kharkiv Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine with a degree in Public Administration
2007
Awarded the honorary title "Honored Economist of Ukraine"
2007
Obtained a Ph.D. in Public Administration
2015
Elected as a deputy of the Kharkiv City Council of the VII convocation
2020
Elected as a deputy of the Kharkiv City Council of the VIII convocation from the political party "Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv!"
2020
Elected as Secretary of the Kharkiv City Council of the VIII convocation
2021
Elected as Kharkiv City Mayor
2022
Awarded the Order "For Courage" of the III degree for a significant personal contribution to the protection of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine
