Vitaliy Voitsekhivskyi

Vitaliy Oleksandrovych Voitsekhirskyi (; born 4 July 1967) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine representing Ukraine's 197th electoral district from Servant of the People since 2021. He previously served as mayor of Zolotonosha from 2010 to 2021. Early life and career Vitaliy Oleksandrovych Voitsekhirskyi was born on 4 July 1967 in the village of , in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv Oblast, then under the Soviet Union. He served in the Soviet Armed Forces from 1986 to 1988 before graduating from the Kyiv National Economic University in 1990 with a specialisation in accounting, control, and analysis of economic activity. The same year, he began working at KyivMetroBud. In 1991, Voitsekhirskyi began working at Zlatohor distillery in Zolotonosha Raion, and steadily worked his way up from an accountant to the distillery's general director. In addition, he is also an amateur volleyball master, and, prior to his election, was a candidate for Master of Sports of Ukraine. Political career In the 2010 Ukrainian local elections, Voitsekhirskyi was first elected to the office of mayor of the city of Zolotonosha, located in eastern Cherkasy Oblast. In this election, he was part of the Union, Chornobyl, Ukraine Social and Ecological Party. He was subsequently re-elected twice: the first time during the 2015 Ukrainian local elections as part of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, and the second time in the 2020 Ukrainian local elections as part of Servant of the People. In his 2020 re-election, he received a clear majority, with 55.67% of voters supporting him.