1. Oleksandr Yuriyovych Vilkul, known as Aleksandr Yuryevich Vilkul is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who is currently serving as Head of the Ukrainian Military Administration of Kryvyi Rih.
25 Facts About Oleksandr Vilkul
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Oleksandr Vilkul has previously served as Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
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Oleksandr Vilkul served in the role until being appointed as Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast by President Viktor Yanukovych in March 2010.
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Oleksandr Vilkul served in the role for two years before being appointed as Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for infrastructure, regional development, construction, utilities, and housing economy, a position he served in until the Revolution of Dignity.
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Oleksandr Vilkul continued to be active in politics, serving as co-chair of the Opposition Bloc party until its 2022 ban, as well as leading his own party.
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Oleksandr Yuriyovych Vilkul was born on 24 May 1974 in Kryvyi Rih, then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic within the Soviet Union.
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Oleksandr Vilkul's great-grandfather, Oleksandr Vilkul Vasyliovych Borovskyi was a participant in the Russian Civil War, an honorary citizen of Kryvyi Rih, and member of the leadership of the Dzerzhinsky Mining Department.
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In 1996, Oleksandr Vilkul graduated from Kryvyi Rih Technical University, specialising in open-pit mining.
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Oleksandr Vilkul started his career as an assistant excavator driver at OJSC Southern Iron Ore Enrichment Works, eventually becoming the mine master.
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From 1997 to 2001, Oleksandr Vilkul was General Deputy Director of PHZK's Commerce and Finance Department.
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In 2003, Oleksandr Vilkul became a member of the Russophile Party of Regions.
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Oleksandr Vilkul was chosen as Vice-Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Industrial and Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship.
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In 2007, Oleksandr Vilkul was chosen as head of the Party of Regions' electoral headquarters.
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On 18 March 2010, by decree of President Viktor Yanukovych, Oleksandr Vilkul was appointed as Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
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From March 2010, Oleksandr Vilkul served as head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast organisation of the Party of Regions.
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From November 2010 Oleksandr Vilkul is a Deputy of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council.
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On 24 December 2012, by decree by President Viktor Yanukovych, Oleksandr Vilkul was appointed Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine.
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Oleksandr Vilkul was re-elected as a People's Deputy in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, this time as a member of Opposition Bloc.
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Oleksandr Vilkul was nominated by Opposition Bloc on 17 December 2018 to be their candidate in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election.
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However, a Ukrainian court ruled three days before that Opposition Bloc's congress at which Oleksandr Vilkul was to be nominated could not "reorganize the party by any means".
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Oleksandr Vilkul was nominated for the presidency again by Opposition Bloc - Party for Development and Peace on 20 January 2019.
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Oleksandr Vilkul claimed that Vilkul's Opposition Bloc and Murayev's Nashi would soon merge.
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On 27 February 2022, three days after the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Oleksandr Vilkul was appointed as Head of the Military Administration of Kryvyi Rih.
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On 20 March 2022, Oleksandr Vilkul rejected the call of Oleg Tsaryov to surrender the city to Russian troops.
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In 2019, Oleksandr Vilkul believed that Ukraine was best served by a military non-aligned stance.