Andrii Prokopenko
Андрій Прокопенко
Governor of Chernihiv Oblast
In office
1 November 2019 – 12 September 2020
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
Prime MinisterOleksiy Honcharuk
Denys Shmygal
Preceded byNataliia Romanova (Acting)[1]
Succeeded byAnna Kovalenko
Personal details
Born
Andrii Leonidovych Prokopenko

(1982-01-10) 10 January 1982
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Political partyOur Land
Servant of the People
EducationUniversity of Kyiv
Occupationentrepreneur
politician
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Andrii Leonidovych Prokopenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Леонідович Прокопенко; born 10 January 1982) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. Prokopenko is a former Governor of Chernihiv Oblast.

Biography

In 2003, he graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.[2]

Prokopenko is a Candidate of Sciences in Social philosophy.[2]

Former Deputy director of NGO “Youth Alternative” and Executive director of the NGO "Institute of Social Development".[3]

In 2012-2013, he worked as an Adviser to the Vice president and headed the Communications department of the major vertically-integrated oil company - TNK-BP.[4] Until in 2013 TNK-BP was acquired by Russian oil company Rosneft.[5]

He was a managing partner of Prokopenko & Partners, specializing in Election campaign management, strategic and crisis communications.[4]

Early political career

In 2015 Prokopenko was elected as a member of the Chernihiv Oblast Council for the party Our Land.[6] He headed the Permanent Commission of the Chernihiv Oblast Council on issues of Public utility, Transport and Infrastructure.[7][8] During his work, he managed to fulfill his pre-election promise and ensured the adoption of the Regional Energy Efficiency Program by the Chernihiv Oblast Council, which reimbursed to population costs of loans received for energy saving, and aimed to increase the Energy independence of Ukraine and reduce the consumption of russian natural gas.[9][10]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Prokopenko was the head of the Odesa regional headquarters of the party Servant of the People[11]

Governor of Chernihiv Oblast

Prokopenko was Governor of Chernihiv Oblast from 1 November 2019 until 13 October 2020.[12][13]

According to International Centre for Policy Studies research Andrii Prokopenko was one of the Top-3 best Ukrainian governors together with Vladyslav Skalsky and Denys Shmyhal.[14][15][16][17]

According to Ministry of Communities and Territories Development (Ukraine), during the tenure of governor Andrii Prokopenko, Chernihiv region raised from 15th to 9th place among the regions of Ukraine in the ranking of socio-economic development of Ukraine's regions.[18][19][20]

In 2020 Chernihiv region was in Top-3 regions in terms of implementation of the Decentralisation in Ukraine reform and local self-government reform.[21]

During Prokopenko's leadership, Chernihiv Oblast entered the Top-5 among regions in terms of the pace of implementation of the program of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy "The Big Construction".[22]

Under the supervision of Andrii Prokopenko, in 2020, for the first time since 2012, a newly built school was opened in Chernihiv Oblast.[23] A new school was opened in Nosivka, the city where U.S. Representative Victoria Spartz was born.[24] The new school, with an area of 4,870 square meters, fully meets the requirements of the "New Ukrainian School" concept: it is designed for 520 school students and equipped with a professional teaching staff. In total, the school has 25 modern classrooms, 2 woodworking and metalworking workshops, a library, sports and assembly halls, a comfortable dining hall and a sports ground with an artificial surface. In addition, the project envisages the school's heat supply from a solid fuel and gas boiler houses. The cost of the project was 57.42 million hryvnas (approx. 2.2 million USD).[25]

Prokopenko paid special attention to the economic development of the Chernihiv Oblast during his tenure. One of the priorities was the development of agriculture in the region. According to the results of 2020, a record harvest of grain was collected in the Chernihiv region - more than 5 million tons.[26] Grain and leguminous agricultural crops were grown on an area of almost 800,000 hectares. The average yield was 6.3 t/ha, and the yield of corn, in particular, was 7.48 t/ha.[27] Chernihiv Oblast has become one of the top 3 best regions of Ukraine for milk production - farms of the Chernihiv region produced 245,000 tons of milk per year, of which 51% was extra grade milk that meets the European Union high-quality standards.[28] Another direction for economic growth was the development of industry and industrial parks, in particular, the creation of the first industrial park in the Chernihiv region in the city of Mena.[29][30]

As governor, Andrii Prokopenko contributed to the equipping of modern weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in particular the improvement of Ukrainian-made weapons.[31]

Prokopenko initiated the inclusion of the Chernihiv historical landscape in the UNESCO World Heritage.[32] In particular, it includes unique monuments of architecture and archeology. Among them is one of the oldest preserved monumental stone buildings of Ukraine, the main building of the Principality of Chernigov - Transfiguration Cathedral, Chernihiv commissioned in the early 1030s by Mstislav of Chernigov and completed several decades later by his brother, Yaroslav the Wise.

Local government advocacy

In 2021 Andrii Prokopenko was elected Deputy Executive Director of Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities that represents and advocates local government in Ukraine.[33]

Volunteer work

Since beginning 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine joined as volunteer to Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital (PFVMH), which provides emergency medical care to wounded soldiers and civilians in the war zone.[34]

References

  1. ↑ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 793/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Прокопенко Андрей Леонидович". LB.ua (in Russian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ "A new leader appeared in Chernihiv region: what is known about him". Unian. November 1, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Andrii Prokopenko headed the Chernihiv Regional State Administration". Interfax-Ukraine. November 1, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Rosneft pays out in historic TNK-BP deal completion". Reuters. March 21, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Andrii Prokopenko headed the Chernihiv Regional State Administration". Ukrainian News Agency. November 1, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Deputies elected a Deputy Chairman and formed a Presidium and Permanent commissions of the Regional council". Chernihiv Oblast Council. December 2, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Decision of the Chernihiv Regional Council № 4-1/VII 2 December 2015. About the formation and election of permanent commissions of the regional council". Chernihiv Oblast Council. December 2, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Decision of the Chernihiv Regional Council № 3-3/VII 27 January 2016. About the incentive Program to implementation of energy efficiency for 2016-2017". Chernihiv Oblast Council. January 27, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Deputies "came" to a common denominator". Chernihiv Oblast Council. February 6, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Andriy Prokopenko headed the Chernihiv Regional State Administration". Interfax-Ukraine. November 1, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 794/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  13. ↑ (in Ukrainian) "Decree of the President of Ukraine № №429/2020". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Governors of Vinnitsa, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernihiv regions became the best in Ukraine - research". Unian. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  15. ↑ "The three best heads of the Regional State Administration are named: Skalsky, Shmyhal, Prokopenko". Ukrainian News Agency. February 20, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Experts named the three best governors: Skalsky, Shmyhal, Prokopenko". RBK Ukraine. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  17. ↑ "ICPS and "Apostrophe" named the top three governors". Interfax-Ukraine. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  18. ↑ "The region rose to 9th place in the regional development rating, - Chernihiv Governor Prokopenko". Ukrainian News Agency. September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Monitoring of socio-economic development of regions. Rating assessment of regions". Ministry of Communities and Territories Development (Ukraine). September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  20. ↑ "The region rose to 9th place in the regional development rating, - Chernihiv Governor Prokopenko". Interfax-Ukraine. September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  21. ↑ "Chernihiv region is in TOP 3 regions in terms of decentralization reform - Andriy Prokopenko". Interfax-Ukraine. January 14, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  22. ↑ "Chernihiv Oblast entered the Top-5 in terms of the pace of implementation of the program of the President of Ukraine "Big Construction"". Ukrainian News Agency. August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Thanks to President Zelenskyi's "Big Construction" Program, a newly built school was opened in Chernihiv Oblast for the first time since 2012 - A. Prokopenko". Interfax-Ukraine. September 1, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  24. ↑ "Victoria Spartz: how a Ukrainian woman got into the Congress and why did she go to Moscow". BBC News Ukrainian. November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  25. ↑ "Thanks to President Zelenskyi's "Big Construction" Program, a newly built school was opened in Chernihiv Oblast for the first time since 2012 - A. Prokopenko". Interfax-Ukraine. September 1, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  26. ↑ "A record harvest of cereals was collected in Chernihiv Oblast". Ukrinform. December 22, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  27. ↑ "Chernihiv Oblast collected the largest grain harvest in history". Landlord.ua. December 28, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  28. ↑ "Chernihiv region is among the top-3 best regions of Ukraine for milk production - A. Prokopenko". Interfax-Ukraine. May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  29. ↑ "Head of State Administration Andriy Prokopenko: We are creating the first industrial park in Chernihiv Oblast". Department of Urban Planning and Architecture of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration.Official web-site. January 23, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  30. ↑ "Industrial parks can become drivers of industrial development in Ukrainian regions, - Prokopenko". Ukrainian News Agency. November 28, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  31. ↑ "The head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration Andriy Prokopenko is working on providing the Ukrainian army with modern weapons of Chernihiv production". Ukrainian News Agency. May 21, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  32. ↑ "Chernihiv's historical landscape should officially become part of the UNESCO World Heritage - Andriy Prokopenko". Interfax-Ukraine. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  33. ↑ "Andrii Prokopenko was elected Deputy Executive Director of the Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities". Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities. January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  34. ↑ "WE ARE FIGHTING! Andrii Prokopenko has taken charge of the PFVMH logistics & humanitarian activity Mar.4, 2022". PFVMH. March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.


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