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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasylovych and the family name is Saldo.

Volodymyr Saldo
Володимир Сальдо
Saldo in 2013
Governor of Russian occupied Kherson Oblast
(de facto, Russian-installed)
Incumbent
(contested)
Assumed office
26 April 2022
disputed with Hennadiy Lahuta
Preceded byHennadiy Lahuta[a]
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
12 December 2012 – 27 November 2014
ConstituencyParty of Regions, No. 182
Mayor of Kherson
In office
2002 – 12 December 2012
Succeeded byZoya Berezhna
Personal details
Born (1956-06-12) 12 June 1956 (age 68)
Zhovtneve, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Political party
Children1
Alma materKryvyi Rih Mining Institute

Volodymyr Vasylovych Saldo[b] (born 12 June 1956) is a Ukrainian politician and engineer serving as the de facto governor of Kherson Oblast since 26 April 2022 following his installation by the Russian military during the Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast.[1][2] He heads the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc, a minor political party which was banned by Ukraine on 20 March 2022.[3]

He has been serving as the member of the Kherson City Council since 2015. A former member of the Party of Regions, Saldo was the People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2012 to 2015 and the mayor of Kherson from 2002 to 2012.[4][5]

Career

Saldo was born on 12 June 1956 in the town of Zhovtneve, Mykolaiv Oblast, in what was then Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union.

In 1978 he graduated from the Kryvyi Rih Mining Institute with the degree in industrial and civil construction. He specialized as a civil engineer and earned a PhD in economics in 2008.[6]

From 1978 to 2001, he worked as an engineer and served as a head of installation departments at the Khesonpromstroy plant.[7]

Political career

Saldo served as the member of the Kherson City Council from 1998 to 2002. In 2001, he joined the Party of Regions and was named the head of its branch in Kherson Oblast. In 2001, he was named the deputy governor of the Kherson Oblast, in charge of construction, housing and communal services, and served until 2002. The same year, he was elected Mayor of Kherson. In 2006, he was named the head of the Party of Regions branch in the city of Kherson. He was re-elected in 2006 and 2010 and served until 2012.[7][8] According to the Association for the Reintegration of Crimea, the ten-year rule of Saldo in Kherson was a "time of total embezzlement and corruption that entangled all spheres of the city's life, at times grandiose scandals".[9]

Saldo was elected People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary elections. Following his election, he was named the deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada's committee for construction, urban planning, housing and communal services and regional policy. He voted for the set of anti-protest laws, also called the "dictatorship laws", on 16 January 2014.[8]

Since 2014, he has been serving as the chairman of the board of the Kherson City Public Association of Builders and Investors.

In 2015, he ran for Mayor of Kherson as a member of the Our Land party. In the first round he finished second with 16.88%, however, he withdrew from the second round, citing pressure on himself. In the city council elections the same year, Saldo was elected member of the Kherson City Council once again. In 2020, he founded the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc and was re-elected to the City Council once again, while he lost to Ihor Kolykhaiev in the mayoral elections and finished second once again.[8]

Russian occupation of Kherson

Main article: Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Saldo took a pro-Russian position.[10] On 13 March, he took part in a pro-Russian rally in Kherson.[11] However, Saldo stated that he did not support the creation of a "people's republic" in the Kherson Oblast.[12]

The head of the Kherson Oblast Council faction "Volodymyr Saldo Bloc" Valery Lytvyn sent a letter to the first deputy chairman of the Oblast Council Yuriy Sobolevsky stating that the deputies do not agree with the actions of Saldo, who went to a rally on 13 March with banned symbols. Deputies of the Saldo Bloc announced that they will continue their activities in the Oblast Council as part of the "Support to the programs of the President of Ukraine" faction.[13]

In addition, Saldo took part in a meeting of the collaborationist government body of the Rescue Committee in Kherson. At the same time, Olga Spivakina, a deputy of the city council, posted on Facebook the explanation of Volodymyr Saldo: emphasizing that he was taken and forced to take part in the meeting.[14] On 17 March, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine opened proceedings on treason related to the "creation of a pseudo-authority in the Kherson Oblast". In particular, they suspect Saldo.[15] Saldo's aide was murdered in Kherson on 20 March.[16]

On 26 April, Saldo was appointed governor of Kherson by the Russian military.[2] The start of his term was marked by protests against the Russian occupation of Kherson.[17] Following a Ukrainian missile attack on Kherson on 27 April, Saldo stated that "Kyiv abandoned people from Kherson".[18] On 29 April, Saldo stated that official languages in the Kherson Oblast will be both Ukrainian and Russian and that the International Settlements Bank from South Ossetia will open 200 branches in the Kherson Oblast soon.[19] On 6 May 2022, Saldo met with Denis Pushilin and Andrey Turchak. During an interview the same day, Saldo stated that Kherson Oblast is already an "integral part of the big family of Russia".[20]

Notes

  1. ^ Control over Kherson Oblast is disputed due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Saldo was installed by Russian forces on 26 April 2022, while Lahuta has been in office since 26 October 2021 and remains loyal to the Ukrainian government.
  2. ^ Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Сальдо
    Russian: Владимир Васильевич Сальдо, romanized: Vladimir Vasilyevich Saldo

References

  1. ^ "Kherson mayor refuses to cooperate with collaborators and invaders". www.ukrinform.net. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Российские оккупационные силы назначили своих "руководителей" в Херсоне и области". Крым.Реалии (in Russian). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Зеленський: РНБО призупиняє діяльність ОПЗЖ, Партії Шарія та інших". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  4. ^ "РИА Новости объявило о "назначении" в Херсоне и Херсонской области "новых руководителей" Месяц назад один из них говорил, что Херсон — это Украина". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Kherson: occupiers have appointed their own "head of the regional state administration" and "mayor"". Ukrayinska Pravda. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Сальдо Володимир Васильович". irbis-nbuv.gov.ua. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Володимир Сальдо: досьє, обіцянки, рейтинг » Слово і Діло". Слово і Діло (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  8. ^ a b c "Сальдо Володимир Васильович — Державний зрадник України, інформація про зраду | Реєстр Держзрадників і ПолітХаб". www.chesno.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  9. ^ "В Херсоне фейковую власть оккупанты поручили экс-меру города и бывшему нардепу, — эксперты". ukrainenews.fakty.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Колаборанти на Херсонщині. Хто вони?". Радіо Свобода. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Сальдо, Стремоусов, Кузьміч та інші: хто вийшов на мітинг колаборантів у Херсоні. ФОТО". novynarnia.com. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Ексмер Херсона Сальдо заявив, що він проти "хнр"". www.ukrinform.ua. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Депутати "Блоку Сальдо" не згодні з діями Сальдо: написали лист керівництву Херсонської облради". Суспільне. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Два учасники засідання колаборантів у Херсоні стверджують, що їх змусили до участі". www.ukrinform.ua. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  15. ^ "Зрадники Херсону: прокуратура відкрила провадження щодо держзради Сальда і Стремоусова". Інформаційний портал "СтопКор". Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  16. ^ "У Херсоні розстріляли помічника російського колаборанта Сальдо". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Pro-Ukraine Rally Dispersed By Russians In Kherson After City Administration Forced Out". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Глава Херсонской области Сальдо обвинил Киев в отказе от города". Life.ru (in Russian). 29 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Назначенный РФ "руководитель" Херсонской области заявил об открытии в регионе банка, который работает в "ЛДНР"". strana.news (in Russian). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  20. ^ "Глава Херсонской области назвал регион неотъемлемой частью «большой семьи» России - Газета.Ru | Новости". Газета.Ru (in Russian). Retrieved 6 May 2022.

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