Yuriy Hryhoriyovych Harbuz (Ukrainian: Юрій Григорійович Гарбуз; born on 18 November 1971), is a Ukrainian politician who served as the governor of Luhansk Oblast.[1][2]
Yuriy Harbuz | |
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Юрій Гарбуз | |
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| Governor of Luhansk Oblast | |
| In office 29 April 2016 – 22 November 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Heorhiy Tuka |
| Succeeded by | Serhiy Fil (acting) |
| Member of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office 27 November 2014 – 19 May 2016 | |
| Chairman of the Milove District State Administration | |
| In office January 2014 – April 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yuriy Hryhoriyovych Harbuz 18 November 1971 |
| Party | Independent Petro Poroshenko Bloc |
| Children | 3 |
Early life
editYuriy Harbuz was born in Milove on 18 November 1971[3] in Milove, which was then part of Luhansk Oblast in the Ukrainian SSR.[4] Harbuz, upon graduating from secondary school, did not initially seek higher education and instead became a worker.[5] He first worked as a counselor in 1989 to a secondary school in Dibrova, before completing his mandatory service in the Soviet Armed Forces.[5] He was then a teacher in history at a school in Balka Zhuravka, before founding in 1992 the farm "Garbuz Y.G.", and later in 1993 the Association of Farms "Nadiya".[5] Additionally, in 1999, he founded the "Equestrian Theater", which eventually became a communal enterprise in 2003.[5]
In 2006, he graduated from Luhansk National Agrarian University with a specialty of manager-economist.[5]
Political career
editIn April 2005, he entered politics, becoming Head of the Markivka Raion State Administration, and in May 2006 he was elected chairman of the Markivka Raion District Council.[5] He resigned from both posts in 2010 upon the expiring of his term, and he returned to heading his farm.[5]
In January 2014, he was appointed chairman of the Milove District State Administration, from which he resigned in April 2014.[6] Additionally, in 2014, he was elected a member of the Milov District Council of the IV convocation.[7] He was also elected during the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election to the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, as a self-nominated non-partisan nominee for constituency no. 114 (Luhansk).[8] Upon joining the Rada, he joined the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction, a social democratic pro-European bloc.[8] His duties were terminated early in 2016 upon Harbuz being appointed governor, as Ukraine forbids dual mandates.[9]
On April 29, 2016, by the decree of Petro Poroshenko, Harbuz was appointed as Governor of Luhansk Oblast.[10]
Personal life
editAs of 2018[update], Harbuz has a girlfriend and has 3 children. In his spare time, he goes out hunting.
References
edit- ↑ Депутат Гарбуз Юрій Григорійович
- ↑ Poroshenko appoints MP Harbuz as governor of Luhansk region instead of Tuka, Interfax-Ukraine (29 April 2016)
- ↑ "Гарбуз Юрій Григорійович / Народний депутат України / VIII скликання // Склад і структура". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ "Гарбуз Юрій Григорійович". RBC Ukraine. 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Гарбуз Юрій Григорійович". LB.ua. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ Янукович призначив нового голову Міловської райдержадміністрації на Луганщині (in Russian)
- ↑ Нові обличчя Верховної Ради: Юрій Гарбуз
- 1 2 "Гарбуз Юрій Григорійович — Біографія, Балотування, Фракції, Політична Агітація | ПолітХаб". www.chesno.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ "Про дострокове припинення повноважень народного депутата України Гарбуза Ю.Г." Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ Тука увійшов в уряд, Гарбуз очолив Луганщину BBC Україна. 29 квітня 2016 року