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

Volodymyr Mykolaienko
Володимир Миколаєнко
Mykolaienko in 2014
Mayor of Kherson
In office
25 May 2014 – 27 November 2020
Preceded byZoya Berezhna (acting)
Succeeded byIhor Kolykhaiev
Member of the Kherson City Council
In office
June 2006 – 25 May 2014
Personal details
Born
Volodymyr Vasylovych Mykolaienko

(1960-04-08) 8 April 1960 (age 64)
Kherson, Ukraine, Soviet Union
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Batkivshchyna

On 25 May 2014, at the extraordinary elections, Mykolaienko 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

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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.

—Mykolaienko, 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.

On 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mykolaienko joined a crowd of hundreds of Kherson residents outside the military enlistment office demanding to be given weapons.[4]

In April 2022, Mykolaienko's wife stated that he had been abducted by Russian occupiers in Kherson and his current whereabouts are unknown.[5]

Income

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In 2017, Mykolaienko submitted an electronic declaration for 2016.[6]

References

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  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. ^ Bratushchak, Oleksii; Rieutskyi, Kostiantyn (8 March 2023). "The battle for Kherson: the defenders that stood firm to the end". Ukrainska Pravda. Translated by Loza, Olya; Kravchenko, Yuliia; Kyrylova, Polina; Holmes, Theodore; Hart, Oxana. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  5. ^ @mattia_n (April 18, 2022). "In Kherson, the Russian occupiers have abducted Volodymyr Mykolayenko,..." (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-04-04 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "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)