Halyna Luhova | |
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Галина Лугова | |
Head of the Kherson City Military Administration | |
In office 21 September 2022 – March 2, 2023 | |
President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Roman Mrochko |
Personal details | |
Born | Antonivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | 10 April 1976
Political party | We have to live here |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Kherson State University |
Halyna Leonidivna Luhova (Ukrainian: Галина Леонідівна Лугова; born 10 April 1976) is a Ukrainian politician who served as the head of the Kherson City Military Administration from 2022 to 2023.
Luhova was born on 10 April 1976 in Antonivka, Kherson Oblast.[1] She studied foreign languages at the Kherson State University.[1] She was a school teacher and was the head of the Antonivsk comprehensive school of grades 1 to 3 No. 21 of the Kherson City Council .[1]
Luhova became a politician in 2015. During the 2020 Ukrainian local elections, she was elected to the city council as a member of the party, "We have to live here ."[1] In 2020, she was appointed as secretary of the city council.[1] On September 21, 2022, following the abduction of city mayor Ihor Kolykhaiev, Luhova was appointed by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy as head of the Kherson City Military Administration.[1] Luhova performs the functions of mayor.[2] During here tenure she was the only female mayor of a major city in Ukraine.[3] Due to her position, Luhova became a target during the Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast.[3] Luhova was dismissed from her position as head of the Kherson City Military Administration after president Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on March 2, 2023 appointing military prosecutor Roman Mrochko as the new head of the Kherson City Military Administration.[4]
Luhova has two sons.[1]