Halyna Hereha
Halyna Feodorivna Hereha (Ukrainian: Галина Федорівна Герега; born 9 August 1959) is a Ukrainian businesswoman and politician who served as acting mayor of Kyiv from 2012 to 2014. Hereha also was a Deputy Mayor and Secretary of the Kyiv City Council from April 20, 2011 to June 5, 2014. She is the co-owner of the store chain EpiCentre K along with her husband Oleksander Hereha.[1]
Halyna Hereha | |
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Acting Mayor of Kyiv (ex officio) — Secretary of the Kyiv City Council | |
In office 12 July 2012 – 5 June 2014 | |
Preceded by | Leonid Chernovetsky |
Succeeded by | Vitali Klitschko |
Secretary of the Kyiv City Council | |
In office 20 April 2011 – 5 June 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Hlynets, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | August 9, 1959
Political party | Independent |
Spouse(s) | Oleksandr Hereha |
Children | 1 |
She was born on August 9, 1959 in the village of Hlynets, Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast.
She defended her PhD thesis on "Economic efficiency of shopping malls" in 2015.
In 2011, Oleksandr and Halyna Hereha took 27th place in the ranking of the richest people in Ukraine according to FOCUS magazine with a fortune of $890.8 million.[2] In a similar ranking for 2010, they held 26th place with a fortune of $395.4 million.[3]
In 2012, she ran for the Verkhovna Rada in the G215 constituency (Kyiv, Troieshchyna), but was defeated by Andriy Ilyenko, a candidate from the All-Ukrainian Union of Freedom.[4][5]
References
- Information from the Infoportal of Horodok District (Khmelnytskyi Region)
- 200 самых богатых людей Украины 2011 года. Рейтинг Фокуса Archived 27 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- 200 самых богатых людей Украины. Рейтинг Фокуса 2010 Archived 19 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- "Стало відомо, хто переміг на скандальному окрузі № 215". Korrespondent.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- 5 канал (2012-10-30). "Округ №215. Іллєнко перемагає, Герега звозить до ОВК молодиків". Archived from the original on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2012-11-19.