Vasyl Chudnov
Vasyl Chudnov Василь Чуднов | |
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| Head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast State Administration | |
| In office 8 November 2013 – 2 March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Mykhailo Vyshyvanyuk |
| Succeeded by | Andriy Trotsenko |
| Member of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office 22 March 2010 – 12 December 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vasyl Mykhailovych Chudnov 14 January 1958 |
| Party | Party of Regions |
| Alma mater | Kamianets-Podilskyi Agrarian Institute |
Vasyl Mykhailovych Chudnov (Ukrainian: Василь Михайлович Чуднов; born 14 January 1958) is a Ukrainian politician. In 2013 to 2014, he was a leading figure in the political life of Prykarpattia.
Early life and career
[edit]Vasyl Chudnov was born in Kosmach, which was located within the Kosiv Raion of the Ukrainian SSR at the time of his birth.[1] After finishing his secondary education, he worked as a tourism instructor in Yaremche and Sheshory, and then as a workshoper at a collective farm in the Kosiv Raion.[2] Afterwards, he obtained highher education, graduating from the Kamianets-Podilskyi Agrarian Institute with a degree in agricultural mechanization and the qualification of a mechanical engineer.[2]
He was then the foreman and later director of the Kosmach Mechanical Plant until 2001.[1] He was later from 2001 to 2010 president of the forestry-industrial corporation "Halychyna – Lis" and "Halychynabud".[1] Additionally, from 2003 to 2004, he headed the Council of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists under the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast State Administration.[1]
Political career
[edit]He first entered politics in 1990, when he was elected a deputy of the Kosiv Raion Council, which he was elected to again afterwards until his term ended in 1998.[1] He returned to politics in April 2007 when he became Head of the State Environmental Protection Administration for Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, with his term for that position ending in August 2008.[2]
In 2010–2012 Chudnov was a people's deputy of Ukraine. In 2013-2014 he was a head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast State Administration (Governor of Prykarpattia). Due to mass protests in support for Euromaidan, he resigned.[3][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Біографія Чуднова Василя Михайловича – Надвірнянська районна державна адміністрація". nadrda.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 8 November 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Чуднов Василь Михайлович". www.rbc.ua. 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ↑ "Ставленики Януковича у Франківську та Ужгороді пішли у відставку". Українська правда. 23 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ↑ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 203/2014 - Офiцiйне представництво Президента України". www.president.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 2014-03-03. Retrieved 25 January 2026.