Nikolaj Kostjak

Date of Birth: 01.12.1954

Mykola Mychajlowytsch Kostjak - Head of the Kherson Regional Government (2010-2014). Member and Chairman of the regional party organization of the Party of Regions.

Place of Birth. Education. Born in the village of Mychurine in the Telmanivsk district of Donetsk Oblast. In 1981, he graduated from the Crimean Agricultural Institute with a degree as an agronomist and received the title of scientist-agronomist. In 2002 - Donetsk State University with a degree in Business Administration as a Master.

Career. He began his professional career in the collective farms of Donetsk Oblast. In 1972 - a collective farm worker in the Telman collective farm. After serving in the army and studying at the university, he worked as a hydrotechnician, chief hydrotechnician, chief agronomist at the Sich and Hammer collective farm, chief agronomist at the Hiriak state farm.

1985-1986 - Instructor of the District Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine in the Starobihaiwka District, Donetsk Oblast.

1986-1990 - Director of the Hiriak state farm, Donetsk Oblast.

1990-2000 - Chairman of the District Committee for Public Control in the Starobihaivka District, Donetsk Oblast, Chairman of the Council, Chairman of the Executive Council of the Starobihaivka District Council, Representative of the President in the Starobihaiwka District, Head of the Starobihaiwka District Administration.

2000-2003 - Chairman of the Telmanivka District Administration, Donetsk Oblast.

2003-2004 - Head of the Department for Relations with the Parliament of Ukraine and Organizational Work of the Ministry of Agriculture of Ukraine.

In 2004 - Head of the Main State Inspection for Plant Quarantine of Ukraine.

2004-2005 - First Deputy Head of the Kherson Regional Government.

2006-2010 - Head of the Main State Inspection for Plant Quarantine of Ukraine.

From April to June 2010 - First Deputy Head of the Kherson Regional Government Anatolij Hryzenko.

On June 18, 2010, he was appointed Head of the Kherson Oblast by decree of President Viktor Yanukovych.

On March 2, 2014, he was relieved of his duties as Head of the Kherson Oblast by decree of Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov, and Yuriy Odarchenko was appointed in his place.

Deputy of the Kherson Oblast Council of the 5th convocation.

Awards and Titles. Honored Agronomist of Ukraine.

13.11.2023