Yuliya Svitlychna
Yuliya Svitlychna | |
|---|---|
Юлія Світлична | |
Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Member of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| Assumed office 13 April 2020 | |
| Governor of Kharkiv Oblast | |
| In office 15 October 2016 – 6 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ihor Rainin |
| Succeeded by | Oleksiy Kucher |
| Governor of Kharkiv Oblast (acting) | |
| In office 29 August 2016 – 15 October 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 June 1984 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Petro Poroshenko Bloc (2015–2019) |
Yuliya Svitlychna (Ukrainian: Юлія Олександрівна Світлична, born 6 June 1984, Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian politician. In a 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election by-election on 15 March 2020 Svitlychna was elected to Ukraine's parliament. From 15 October 2016 until 6 November 2019 she was the Governor of Kharkiv Oblast. Before this she was a Deputy of the Kharkiv Oblast Council of 7th convocation, vice president of the Chamber of Regions in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. Svitlychna has a PhD in state administration and was during her reign the youngest regional governor in Ukraine.