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Exminister resigns from his post Internal Affairs Ukraine's Arsen Avakov does not plan to nominate his candidacy for the election of mayor of Kharkov. The newspaper “Strana” writes about it.
The election of the mayor of Kharkov is scheduled for October 31, 2021. After the death of former mayor Gennady Kernes, the position of head of one of the largest cities in Ukraine remains vacant.
They started talking about Avak as a possible candidate for the post of mayor of Kharkov, given that he was already in 2005-2010. he was the chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration and a representative of the Kharkov Regional Council. That means he knows the Kharkov problems well.
The chairman of the People's Servant, Oleksandr Kornienko, previously said that he did not see a better candidate for the post of Kharkov mayor than Arsen Avakov.
Recall that Arsen Avakov served as Minister of the Interior of Ukraine for 7.5 years: he was appointed to this position on February 27, 2014 and until recently remained the only active member of the Ukrainian government who came to him immediately after the events in 2014. and did not lose his post.