Ihor Kolykhaiev
Ihor Kolykhaiev | |
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Ігор Колихаєв | |
Kolykhaiev in February 2020 | |
| Mayor of Kherson | |
| In office 27 November 2020 – 28 June 2022 (de-facto, after going missing) | |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Mykolaienko |
| Succeeded by | Halyna Luhova (as Head of the Kherson City Military Administration) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 May 1971 |
| Alma mater | A. Popov Navy Institute of Radio-electronics |
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Ihor Viktorovych Kolykhaiev (Ukrainian: Ігор Вікторович Колихаєв; born 8 May 1971) is a Ukrainian politician who has served as mayor of Kherson since the 2020 Ukrainian local elections. Kolykhaiev is former People's Deputy of Ukraine, elected in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
On 28 June 2022, Kolykhaiev was abducted by Russian agents amidst the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the occupation of Kherson. His whereabouts became unknown until on 13 September 2023 the Red Cross confirmed to Kolykhaiev's son that his father's been added to the Russian list of prisoners and he was in Russia. According to his son, Sviatoslav, in June 2025, no information about Kolykhaiev's location or condition has been made public since February 2025, with the last reports stating Kolykhaiev was in poor condition with multiple ailments. Kolykhaiev remains in captivity even after the release of prior-Mayor of Kherson, Volodymyr Mykolaienko, from Russian captivity on 24 August 2025.