Leonid Zhunko

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykhailovych and the family name is Zhunko.
Leonid Zhunko
Леонід Жунько
Presidential representative in Crimea
In office
30 January 2008 – 6 April 2010
Preceded byVolodymyr Khomenko
Succeeded bySerhiy Kunitsyn
Governor of Sevastopol
In office
12 April 1999 – 4 February 2005
Preceded byBorys Kucher
Succeeded bySerhiy Ivanov
Personal details
Born (1951-06-09) 9 June 1951
Krasne Pole, Markivka Raion, Voroshilovhrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Leonid Mykhailovych Zhunko (Ukrainian: Леонід Михайлович Жунько; born 9 June 1951) is a Russian and formerly Ukrainian politician. In the 2000s he served as a Presidential Representative in Crimea as well as Governor of Sevastopol. In 2014, he supported the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea as a member of the Sevastopol City Council, and subsequently took up Russian citizenship and was put on a wanted list by Ukraine for treason.

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