Leonid Chernovetskyi

Leonid Chernovetskyi
Леонід Черновецький
Chernovetskyi in 2006
4th Mayor of Kyiv
In office
14 April 2006 – 3 June 2012
Preceded byOleksandr Omelchenko
Succeeded byHalyna Hereha
Head of the Kyiv City State Administration
In office
20 April 2006 – 16 November 2010
Preceded byOleksandr Omelchenko
Succeeded byOleksandr Popov
Personal details
Born (1951-11-25) 25 November 1951
PartyChristian Liberal Party of Ukraine
Spouse(s)Alina Aivazova (divorce)
Elena Savchuk
Children3, including Stepan
Signature
Websitewww.chernovetskiy.com.ua/
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Leonid Mykhaylovych Chernovetskyi (Ukrainian: Леонід Михайлович Черновецький; born 25 November 1951) is a Ukrainian politician and former entrepreneur, who was Mayor of Kyiv from 2006 to 2012. He was a successful businessman, founder and controlling stakeholder of the Pravex Group and Pravex Bank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine. Since the appointment of Oleksandr Popov by President Viktor Yanukovych as Head of Kyiv City State Administration on 16 November 2010, Chernovetskyi was deprived of any real decision-making role in Kyiv. He tendered his resignation on 1 June 2012.

After this resignation Chernovetsky and his family moved to the Georgian town Kobuleti and he received Georgian citizenship.