Oleksandr Yefremov
Oleksandr Yefremov | |
|---|---|
| Олександр Єфремов | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 25 May 2006 – 27 November 2014 | |
| Governor of Luhansk Oblast | |
| In office 7 April 1998 – 26 January 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Hennadiy Fomenko |
| Succeeded by | Oleksiy Danilov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 August 1954 |
| Party | Party of Regions |
| Alma mater | East Ukraine Volodymyr Dahl National University |
Oleksandr Serhiyovych Yefremov (Ukrainian: Олександр Сергійович Єфремов, Russian: Александр Сергеевич Ефремов, born in 22 August 1954) is a Ukrainian former parliamentarian and politician. A former governor of the Luhansk Oblast, from 2010 until 2014 he was Party of Regions's faction leader in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament).
On 14 February 2015 Yefremov was detained on suspicion of "abuse of power under aggravating circumstances". This arrest was effectively ended when his bail expired on 1 November 2015. Yefremov was again detained on 30 July 2016 on suspicion of violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity by helping to create the Luhansk People's Republic and misappropriation of property. He was released from prison pending investigation in 2019. Shortly after the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Yefremov moved to Moscow where he now resides.