Ihor Terekhov

Mayor of Kharkiv Chairman, Association of Frontline Cities and Communities of Ukraine

TEREKHOV Igor Mayor of Kharkiv

Nationality: Ukraine
Date of Birth: January 14, 1967
Education: In 1990 honors degree, Kharkiv Engineering and Construction Institute, specialty “Industrial and civil construction”, qualification “construction engineer”;
In 2006 graduated from Kharkiv Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, specialty “Public Administration”, qualification “Master of Public Administration”.

Scientific and Academic degree: PhD in Public Administration, 2007

Awards, honorary titles, civic engagement: Honorary certificate of the City Executive Committee (2002);
Mayor’s honorary award “For diligence. 350 years of Kharkiv foundation 1654–2004″(2004); Certificate of honor of the Regional State Administration and the Regional Council (2004);
Certificate of Honor of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2004);
Honorary title “Honored Economist of Ukraine” (2007);
Order of Merit, III degree (2012);
Honorary certificate of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (2016); award of Kharkiv Regional Council “Slobozhanska Slava” (2017);
award of the Chairman of the Regional Council “Avaluable gift – a watch with the logo of the”Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Council” (2022);
departmental awards of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine – “Golden Trident” medal, “For the defense of the hero city Kharkiv” medal (2022);
Order “For Courage” III degree (2022);
Order “For Courage” II degree (2025).
Head of the Association of Frontline Cities and Communities of Ukraine (from 2025)

Total work experience: More than 42 years
EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITY:

08.1990-03.1994 Research intern, postgraduate student of Kharkiv State Technical University of Construction and Architecture;
03.1994-01.1999 Commercial Director, Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Shareholders’ Council, Chairman of the Board – General Director of OJSC Kharkiv Plant “Conditioner”;

02.1999-06.2001 Head of the Department for Entrepreneurship of the Main Department of Economy and Communal Property of Kharkiv City Executive Committee;

07.2001-04.2006 Head of the Consumer Market Department of the Main Department of Economy and Communal Property of Kharkiv City Council;

04.2006-03.2010 Economic advisor of the Department for ensuring the activities of the head and deputy heads of the Regional State Administration apparatus of the Regional State Administration, Deputy Head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration;
04.2010-11.2010 Deputy Mayor of Kharkiv;
11.2010-09.2015 Deputy Mayor of Kharkiv for the development and maintenance of the city’s life-sustaining activity;

09.2015- 12.2020 First Deputy Mayor of Kharkiv;
12.2020-11.2021 Secretary of Kharkiv City Council;
from November, 11 2021 till now Mayor of Kharkiv.