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As of 23 June 2024, Klitschko is the longest-serving Mayor of Kyiv since Ukraine gained its independence in 1991, having served for over 10 years, and the only person to have won three direct democratic Kyiv mayoral elections.
The Head of Kyiv City (Ukrainian: Київський міський голова, romanized: Kyivskyi miskyi holova), unofficially and more commonly the Mayor of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Мер Києва, romanized: Mer Kyieva), is a city official elected by popular vote who serves as a head of the Kyiv city state administration (the capital of Ukraine) and a chairperson the Kyiv City Council.
The two big men standing shoulder to shoulder in The Associated Press photo taken Sunday in the mayor’s office in beleaguered Kyiv, Ukraine, were instantly Ukrainian boxers Vitali and Wladimir ...
Leonid Kosakivsky, 1994-1998 (head of city council, in 1997-1998 - mayor) Oleksandr Omelchenko, 1998-2006 (head of city council in 1998-1999, mayor since 1999) Leonid Chernovetskyi, 2006-2012; Halyna Hereha, 2012-2014 (acting) Vitali Klitschko, 2014-
‘Klitschko: More Than a Fight’ documents the former heavyweight champion’s efforts as Kyiv’s mayor, during the war with Russia
But yeah, I think people are surprised that in Ukraine the president is an ex-comedy star and the mayor of the capital and probably second most powerful political figure is an ex-boxing star.
He is the younger brother of former WBC, WBO, and Ring magazine heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, the current Mayor of Kyiv. [43] Klitschko's paternal grandmother was Jewish. [44] The Klitschko brothers lived as children in Czechoslovakia from 1980 to 1985, where their father was stationed with the Soviet occupation forces.
WENN/Newscom/MEGA Former heavyweight boxing champions Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko are vowing to protect Ukraine by fighting on the front lines. ... who has been the mayor of the country’s ...