Galina Danilchenko

Galina Viktorovna Danilchenko (born 5 July 1964) is a Russian and Ukrainian accountant and politician who was installed by Russia as the acting mayor of Melitopol during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, following the kidnapping of Ivan Fedorov by the Russian military. She was a former member of the Melitopol City Council, elected in 2015, and became its secretary soon thereafter.

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

Galina Danilchenko
Галина Данильченко
Mayor of Russian occupied Melitopol
(Russian-installed)
Incumbent
(contested)
Assumed office
12 March 2022
disputed with Ivan Fedorov
Preceded byIvan Fedorov
Personal details
Born (1964-07-05) 5 July 1964
Orlovo, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Political partyUnited Russia (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • Party of Regions (until 2015)
  • Opposition Bloc (2015–2022)
Alma materMelitopol Institute of Agricultural Mechanization
Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy
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