Volodymyr Mykolayenko

Volodymyr Mykolayenko
Volodymyr Mykolayenko
Володимир Миколаєнко
	Mykolayenko in 2014
Mayor of Kherson
	In office; 25 May 2014 – 27 November 2020
Preceded by	Zoya Berezhna (acting)
Succeeded by	Ihor Kolykhaiev
Member of the Kherson City Council
	In office; June 2006 – 25 May 2014
Personal details
Born	Volodymyr Vasylovych Mykolayenko; 8 April 1960 (age 64); Kherson, Ukraine, Soviet Union
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Batkivshchyna

Volodymyr Vasylovych Mykolayenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Миколаєнко; born on 8 April 1960), is a Ukrainian politician who served as the mayor of Kherson from 2015 to 2020.

On 25 May 2014, at the extraordinary elections, Mykolayenko was elected the mayor of Kherson.

He was re-elected as the mayor of Kherson in the next local elections after two rounds (25 October and 15 November 2015, respectively).

Biography

He is a participant of the Euromaidan, after which on 28 May 2014, he was elected mayor of Kherson.^[1]

During the events related to the annexation of Crimea and military aggression in the East of Ukraine, Kherson became a strategic temporary border city. During the protests in the East of Ukraine, he expressed his tough position on preventing provocations in Kherson and the impossibility of seizing the city by separatist groups.^[2]

We will not meet with bread and salt either local separatists or visiting actors of the separate genre. If necessary, we will shoot to kill. Everyone has been warned and understands the gravity of the situation.

—Mykolaenko, as Mayor of Kherson, expressing his tough position regarding the prevention of provocations in Kherson and the impossibility of the city being seized by terrorist groups (2015)^[3]

In 2015, he was elected mayor, gaining 24.81% of the votes in the 1st round (20,903 votes), in the second round - 67.78% of the votes (37,532 votes).

His successor is Ihor Kolykhaiev, who took office in 2020.

In April 2022, Mykolayenko's wife stated that he had been abducted by Russian occupiers in Kherson and his current whereabouts are unknown.^[4]

Income

In 2017, Mykolaenko submitted an electronic declaration for 2016.^[5]

References

^ "Глава городской "Батькивщины" обошел оппонентов". 1+1. 28 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
^ "Владимир Миколаенко: "Если потребуется, будем стрелять на поражение"". Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
^ "Владимир Миколаенко: "Если потребуется, будем стрелять на поражение"". Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
^ @mattia_n (April 18, 2022). "In Kherson, the Russian occupiers have abducted Volodymyr Mykolayenko,..." (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-04-04 – via Twitter.
^ "Володимир Миколаєнко задекларував три квартири та три земельні ділянки [Інфографіка]". 2017-07-05. Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2022-12-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[1] "Глава городской "Батькивщины" обошел оппонентов". 1+1. 28 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-13.

[2] "Владимир Миколаенко: "Если потребуется, будем стрелять на поражение"". Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2015-05-13.

[3] "Владимир Миколаенко: "Если потребуется, будем стрелять на поражение"". Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

[4] @mattia_n (April 18, 2022). "In Kherson, the Russian occupiers have abducted Volodymyr Mykolayenko,..." (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-04-04 – via Twitter.

[5] "Володимир Миколаєнко задекларував три квартири та три земельні ділянки [Інфографіка]". 2017-07-05. Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2022-12-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)