Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea

The Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukrainian: Постійний Представник Президента України в АР Крим) represents the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Logo of the Permanent Representative's office
Incumbent Tamila Tasheva since 25 April 2022
Residence	Simferopol (de jure)
Formation	14 May 1992 (by the Verkhovna Rada)[1]
First holder	Valeriy Horbatov
Website	www.ppu.gov.ua

Originally created in 1992 as the Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea, the first representative was not appointed until March 1994. The first representative was Valeriy Horbatov, who worked as a head of the Krupskaya collective farm in Nyzhnohirskyi Raion, Crimean Oblast.

Presidential representatives

• 1994–1996: Valeriy Horbatov
• 1996–1997: Dmytro Stepanyuk
• 1997–1999: Vasiliy Kiselyov
• 1999–2002: Anatoliy Korniychuk
• 2002–2004: Alexander Didenko
• 2005–2006: Volodymyr Kulish
• 2006–2007: Hennadiy Moskal
• 2007–2007: Viktor Shemchuk
• 2007–2007: Volodymyr Khomenko
• 2008–2010: Leonid Zhunko
• 2010–2010: Serhiy Kunitsyn
• 2010–2011: Viktor Plakida (acting)
• 2011–2011: Volodymyr Yatsuba
• 2012–2014: Viktor Plakida (acting in 2011–12)
• 2014–2014: Serhiy Kunitsyn (acting)
• 2014–2017: Natalia Popovych^{[2][3][nb 1]}
• 2017–2018: Borys Babin^[6][7]
• 2018–2019: Izet Hdanov (acting, as first deputy)
• 2019–2022: Anton Korynevych^[8]
• 2022–present: Tamila Tasheva^[9]

See also

• Representatives of the President of Ukraine
• Prime Minister of Crimea

Notes

1. On 16 May 2014, the Permanent Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was, according to acting President Oleksandr Turchynov, temporarily moved to Kherson;^[4] Crimea has been occupied by Russia since it invaded and annexed the peninsula in 2014.^[5]

References

1. Kolstø, Pål (1995). Russians in the Former Soviet Republics. London: Hurst. p. 194. ISBN 1850652066.
2. Turchynov, Oleksandr (22 May 2014). "Указ Президента України про призначення Н. Попович Постійним Представником Президента України в Автономній Республіці Крим" [Act of the President of Ukraine on recognition of N. Popovych as Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea]. Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 August 2015.
3. "Попович Наталія Констянтинівна" [Popovych, Nataliia Konstiantynivna]. Word and Deed (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 4 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
4. "Kyiv moves Permanent Representative of Ukrainian President in Crimea to Kherson". Interfax. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
5. "Ukraine crisis: Timeline". BBC. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
6. "Poroshenko appoints Borys Babin as his envoy to Crimea". Kyiv Post. Interfax. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
7. Poroshenko, Petro (2 December 2018). "Указ Президента України №405/2018 про звільнення Б.Бабіна з посади Постійного Представника Президента України в Автономній Республіці Крим" [Act of the President of Ukraine No. 405/2018 on the removal of B. Babin from the position of permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea]. President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 8 December 2018.
8. "President appoints Anton Korynevych as his representative in Crimea". Ukrinform. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
9. Herasimova, Tetiana (25 April 2022). "Zelenskyy Appoints Tasheva President's Representative In Crimea Instead Of Korynevych". Ukrainian News. Retrieved 3 May 2022.

External links

• Law of Ukraine about the Representation of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea