Ihor Terekhov

Ihor Oleksandrovych Terekhov (; born 14 January 1967) is a Ukrainian politician who is serving as the Mayor of Kharkiv since 11 November 2021. He ascended to the mayoralty on 24 December 2020 following Hennadiy Kernes' death due to COVID-19 complications. The Kharkiv early mayoral election was held on 31 October 2021, and Terekhov was declared the winner of the election with 50.66% of the votes. Biography Terekhov was born on 14 January 1967 in Kharkiv. In 1990, Terekhov graduated from the . After which he remained at the university as a research intern. Terekhov refereed 22 Ukrainian Premier League games from the 1992–93 season up until the 1994–95 season. Terekhov worked in the private sector from 1994 to 1997.