Anatoliy Holubchenko

Anatoliy Holubchenko
Анатолій Голубченко
Holubchenko in 2007
temporary acting Head of the Kyiv City State Administration
In office
14 December 2013 – 25 January 2014
Preceded byOleksandr Popov
Succeeded byVolodymyr Makeyenko
First Vice Prime Minister
In office
8 August 1997 – 14 January 1999
Preceded byVasyl Durdynets
Succeeded byVolodymyr Kuratchenko
Minister of Industry
In office
October 1992 – July 1995
Preceded byMykhailo Pavlovsky
Succeeded byValeriy Mazur
Personal details
BornAnatoliy Kostiantynovych Holubchenko
(1950-06-06) 6 June 1950
Zhdanov, Ukrainian SSR
PartyParty of Regions
Alma materZhdanov Metallurgy Institute
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Anatoliy Kostiantynovych Holubchenko (Ukrainian: Анатолій Костянтинович Голубченко; born 6 June 1950) is a Ukrainian politician. From 14 December 2013 to 25 January 2014, he was a temporary acting head of the Kyiv City State Administration.

Early life

Holubchenko was born on 6 June 1950 in Zhdanov, which was then part of Donetsk Oblast in the Soviet Union (now Mariupol).[1] In 1972, he graduated from the Zhdanov Metallurgical Institute, and afterwards working as a hot-rolling mill operator for the Illich Steel and Iron Works factory.[2] He then served his mandatory military services in the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, before returning to the Illich plant where he worked for the next twelve years.[3] In 1986, he moved to Dnipro where he worked in the Ministry of Ferrous Metallurgy of the Ukrainian SSR, and then as Deputy General Director of Zaporizhstal.[3]

Political career

Upon the collapse of the Soviet Union, he moved to Kyiv to start working in politics and became First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of Ukraine for the Metallurgical Industry, before eventually being promoted to Minister of Industry of Ukraine.[3] Following his term as minister, during the 1994 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was elected a member of the Verkhovna Rada in its 2nd convocation for the city of Berdiansk in Zaporizhzhia.[4] In the Rada, he was a member of the Commission on Basic Industries and Socio-Economic Development of Regions.[3] He was appointed First Vice Prime Minister afterwards under then Prime Minister Valeriy Pustovoitenko.[5] However, he resigned after a short amount of time to serve as First Deputy Chairman of the State Property Fund but left politics shortly after to serve as a consultant to the Stakhanov Ferroalloy Plant in Luhansk Oblast.[3] He then, for some time, returned to metallurgy and became part of the board of Ukrelectroapparat in Khmelnytskyi.[3]

On 14 December 2013 President Viktor Yanukovych suspended Holubchenko's predecessor Oleksandr Popov.[6] The same day the General Prosecutor of Ukraine's Office handed "a notification on suspicion of abuse of power when ordering the Euromaidan police actions of 30 November 2013" out to Popov[6] and Holubchenko was appointed acting Head of Kyiv City Administration.[7] On 24 December 2013 Holubchenko stated that he regularly met with (his predecessor) Popov.[8]

Holubchenko led a crackdown against the sex trade in Kyiv during the Euro 2012 football tournament, ordering the police and SBU to investigate brochures advertising massage parlors across the city.[9]

Personal life

As of 2025, he resides in Ukraine in the village of Kozyn, which he has owned since working in Kyiv.[10]

References

  1. ^ Хто є хто в економіці, культурі, науці Києва (in Ukrainian). Odeks Pli︠u︡s. 2001. p. 142. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  2. ^ Kononchuk, Svitlana (1998). Administrat︠s︡ii︠a︡ Prezydenta i Kabinet Ministriv Ukraïny: informat︠s︡ii︠a︡ stanom na 25 hrudni︠a︡ 1997 roku (in Ukrainian). Ahentstvo "Ukraïna". p. 264. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Голубченко Анатолій". LIGA (in Ukrainian). 6 June 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  4. ^ Kononchuk, Svitlana (1998). Administrat︠s︡ii︠a︡ Prezydenta i Kabinet Ministriv Ukraïny: informat︠s︡ii︠a︡ stanom na 25 hrudni︠a︡ 1997 roku (in Ukrainian). Ahentstvo "Ukraïna". p. 264. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  5. ^ Савицький, С. С. (12 December 2006). "Голубченко Анатолій Костянтинович". Енциклопедія Сучасної України (in Ukrainian). Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  6. ^ a b Yanukovych suspends Kyiv City Administration Head Popov and Deputy NSDC Secretary Sivkovych from office, say decrees, Interfax-Ukraine (14 December 2013)
    Deputy NSDC Head Sivkovych, Kyiv City Administration Head Popov and two top officials of Kyiv police suspected of abuse of power during events on Maidan on Nov 30, says prosecutor general, Interfax-Ukraine (14 December 2013)
  7. ^ (in Ukrainian) Янукович відсторонив Попова з посади голови КМДА Yanukovych dismissed Popov as head of Kyiv City State Administration, RBC Ukraine (14 December 2013)
    The opposition demanded an early appointment of the date of elections of Kyiv mayor and Kyiv city council Archived 2013-12-14 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrainian National News (14 December 2013)
  8. ^ Popov feels fine – Holubchenko, Interfax-Ukraine (24 December 2013)
  9. ^ "Euro 2012 host Kiev cracks down on sex trade". Reuters. 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  10. ^ Климів, Гліб (3 December 2025). "Маєток з тенісним кортом подарували 18-річному онуку топчиновника: "Телеграф" знайшов власників з елітних передмість Києва". Телеграф (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 9 January 2026.
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