Alexander Starukh

Biography of Alexander Starukh

Date of Birth: 28.04.1973

Place of Birth. Education. He was born in Zaporizhzhia. In 1995, he graduated from Zaporizhzhia State University (ZDU) with a degree as a history teacher. Doctor of Historical Sciences (1998), Lecturer (2003).

1994-1995 - Junior Researcher, Researcher at the National Reserve 'Chortytsia'.

1998-2004 (after doctoral studies at ZDU) - Senior Lecturer, Deputy Dean for Educational Work, Associate Professor of the Department, Professor of the Department at Zaporizhzhia University.

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2004-2005 - Postgraduate student at the Institute of Ukrainian Archeography and Source Studies M. Hrushevsky.

2005-2007 - Chief Advisor-Inspector of the Department of Regional Policy and Local Self-Governance, Head of the Main Department of Regional Policy of the Presidential Office of Ukraine.

2007-2008 - Head of the Main Department of Regional Policy of the Presidential Office of Ukraine.

From May to September 2008 - Acting Chairman of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Administration.

In September 2008, he was appointed Chairman of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Administration by order of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. Dismissed by President Viktor Yanukovych on March 18, 2010.

In the fall of 2012, he ran as the top representative of the 'Fatherland' party in constituency No. 75 in Zaporizhzhia Oblast for the VII Supreme Council, but lost to the representative of the Party of Regions, Serhiy Kalzhev.

From May 2010 to May 2013 - Postgraduate student at the Institute of Political and Ethnonational Studies I. F. Kuras of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

From August 2013 - Acting Chairman of the Regional Organization of the Political Party 'United Ukraine' 'Fatherland'

Member of the Political Council of 'Fatherland'.

On December 18, 2020, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Alexander Starukh as the Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Administration.

On January 24, 2023, he was dismissed by order of the President as Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Administration.

Family. Married. Wife - Marina, history teacher. They are raising two children - son Artem and daughter Yevheniya.

25.01.2023