Kirovohrad region is called the agrarian heart of Ukraine: it has all the possibilities to become a leader in the country. It is not surprising that in the list of influential people of the region, which published on the National rating platform, "agrarian oligarchs" were caught.
In addition, the ranking shows a concentration of officials and politicians directly related to the power in the region. At the same time, a writer and a popular psychologist who carefully hides his biography appeared on the list.
Yes, the TOP-20 most influential people of the Kirovohrad region is headed by the mayor of Kropyvnytskyi for the second time in a row Andrey Raikovich. He has held the post of mayor since November 2015, and it seems that he is not going to give up his position.
In second place this year is the general director of the Voloshkovoe Pole dairy company, a former People's Deputy who learned how to manage business in Great Britain. Andrey Tabalov.
In the third position - Marina Chernaya, who has extensive experience in various positions in the OGA. From the end of May 2021, she will be the head of the Kirovohrad Regional State Administration.
The fourth line of the chief police officer of the region Roman Kozyakov. For many years, he worked in operational divisions of the capital police, held managerial positions in the police of Kyiv and the region. And he has been serving in the Kirovohrad region for three years.
In fifth place is the head of the Kirovohrad Regional Council Sergey Shulga, working in this position for a year. Previously, among other things, he held operational and managerial positions in the SBU.
Agrarian millionaire, People's Deputy from "Servants of the People" Oleg Tarasov and his father, a local oligarch Sergey Tarasov on the sixth and seventh lines, respectively. Tarasov Sr. heads the company "I&U Group", which is engaged in the cultivation of oil crops and sugar beets in the Kirovohrad region.
A non-factional People's Deputy also made it into the TOP-10 Oles Dovhy - eighth place. In the Verkhovna Rada, he officially represents the interests of industrialists, entrepreneurs and employers, heads the Office of Business Representatives in the Parliament.
On the ninth line, a person from the team of Mayor Kropyvnytskyi is his deputy Alexander Mosyn. He is the curator of large constructions in the city.
The prosecutor of the Kirovohrad region rounds out the top ten leaders Vladimir Tverdokhleb. He has been in this chair for more than a year, and before that he was the first deputy prosecutor of the region.
The places were then distributed as follows:
- Anna Polishchuk - head of the Economic Court of the Kirovohrad region;
- Oleg Voronko – People's Deputy, IT entrepreneur;
- Oleksandr Danutsa - People's Deputy, General Director of "Prime-Time" LLC;
- Yury Kuzbyt - People's Deputy, director and owner of the lawyer company "Advocate group "Precedent";
- Igor Murdiy - People's Deputy, director of Tech Center PE;
- Artem Stryzhakov - deputy of the city council, head of the city council's permanent commission on architectural activity, town planning and capital construction, entrepreneur, owner of the chain of shops "Tsifromarket";
- Sergey Kalapa - deputy of the city council, general director of PrJSC "Elworthy";
- Andrey Brodsky – entrepreneur, head of PKF Velta LLC;
- Dmitry Karpachev – psychologist and TV presenter;
- Alexander Zhovna is a writer, screenwriter and director.
