Sumy is one of the regions saturated with historical and cultural monuments of various eras. This is the region, the leading industries of which are: machine building and metalworking, fuel, food and chemical industry. At the same time, the Sumy region is full of blue rivers, landscape parks and old estates. As diverse as the region itself is, so is the ranking in this region.
The first term of experts National rating of influence "Elite of Ukraine"-2021 in the Sumy region given to the head of the OGA Dmytro Zhivytskyi. Before that, the 39-year-old politician held the position of deputy minister of development of municipalities and territories, and later of infrastructure. The first official place of work of the future governor of Sumy was a company engaged in the production of corrugated cardboard, after that he held a managerial position in the company "Sumynefteprodukt". Later, the main type of his activity was other construction and installation works, as well as electrical installation works, repair and maintenance of electronic and optical equipment. In April 2016, Dmitry terminated the activities of the FOP and switched to the civil service. For some time, Zhivytskyi was a consultant to the patronage service of the head of the Sumy regional state administration. Later in the same month, Dmitry was appointed deputy governor of Sumy — head of the regional administration apparatus. As reported by the local mass media, in this position Zhivytskyi received the highest salary among the management of the OGA apparatus. In 2017, he earned 347 hryvnias. The following year, his salary increased by 68% to 583 thousand hryvnias.
The second term was taken by the mayor of Sumy Alexander Lysenko. In 2019, the Zarechny District Court of Sumy found Lysenko guilty of personally appointing himself premiums, but released him from responsibility due to the expired term of administrative responsibility. However, during the local elections of 2020, Lysenko again decided to put forward his candidacy for the mayor's seat, and he successfully took it.
The representative of the Ukrainian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce ICC Ukraine took the 3rd place. Director of Horobina LLC Vladimir Demura. Since 2010, he has been elected chairman of the Public Council at the Sumy Regional State Administration. He made a lot of efforts so that the Public Council acquired experience in international activity.
Executive Director of Sumykhimprom PJSC Vladimir Volkov received the 4th position in the rating of experts. After all, Volkov heads a company that is included in the list of those that have strategic importance for the economy and security of Ukraine.
The five are closed by the chairman of the board of Sumyoblenergo JSC Igor Dyrbavka. Previously, he worked in the management positions of energy enterprises of Prykarpattia and Transcarpathia. Honored Energy Engineer of Ukraine.
The 6th position was taken by the director of ROST-GRUPP LLC Maxim Lashutko. Next in the ranking were the director of the Central City Clinical Hospital Valentina Dominas, chairman of the Economic Court of the Sumy region Evgenia Zherebkina. Another representative of the judiciary took the 9th place - this is the chairman of the Sumy District Administrative Court Sergey Volovik. The top ten is rounded off by the head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Sumy region Gennady Volyk.
The next ten of the ranking of influential people of the Sumy region included:
Viktor Fedorchenko - head of the Sumy Regional Council;
Metropolitan Evlogy - Archbishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Sumy and Akhtyr;
Ladyka Vladimir - rector of the Sumy National Agrarian University;
Levitansky Ehiel - chief rabbi of Sumy region;
Lyannai Yury - rector of the Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko;
Grigorenko Ruslan - head of the Office of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Sumy region;
Artem Semenikhin – politician, mayor of Konotop;
Voytenko Vladimir - councilor of the Sumy city mayor;
Mikhail Bondarenko is the first deputy mayor of Sumy
Viktor Kulemza is the director of the Sumy Regional Theater for Children and Youth
