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Oleksiy Smyrnov

Oleksiy Smyrnov
Олексій Смирнов
Governor of Luhansk Oblast (acting)
In office
16 March 2023 – 12 April 2023
Preceded bySerhiy Haidai
Succeeded byArtem Lysohor
Personal details
Born
Oleksiy Ivanovych Smyrnov

(1976-09-19) 19 September 1976 (age 48)[1]
Verbova, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[1]

Oleksiy Ivanovych Smyrnov (Ukrainian: Олексій Іванович Смирнов; born in 19 September 1976), is a Ukrainian politician and prosecutor, who served as the acting Governor of Luhansk Oblast in 2023.[2]

Biography

Oleksiy Smyrnov was born in 19 September 1976 in Verbova, Tomashpil district.[1]

In 1997, he graduated from the Law Faculty of East Ukrainian State University, and began to work as an assistant prosecutor, later deputy prosecutor of the Slavyanoserbsky district. Further, Smyrnov worked as a senior prosecutor of the prosecutor's office of the Luhansk Oblast.[1]

From 2008 to 2015, Smyrnov worked as a prosecutor of the Slavyanoserbsky district. In 2015 he has worked as a deputy prosecutor of Luhansk Oblast.[1]

On 24 February 2020, by the order of the head of the Lugansk Regional State Administration, Serhiy Haidai, Smyrnov was appointed the first deputy chairman of the regional administration.[3]

After Haidai's resignation, Syrnov became the acting Governor of Luhansk Oblast on 15 March 2023. On 12 April 12, he was replaced by his successor, Artem Lysohor.

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