Anatoliy Fedoruk | |
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Анатолій Федорук | |
Mayor of Bucha | |
Assumed office 7 April 1998 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Anatoly Petrovich Fedoruk 10 May 1972[1] Medvedivka, Krasyliv Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine[1] |
Political party | Party of Regions Servant of the People |
Occupation | politician |
Profession | teacher |
Anatoliy Petrovych Fedoruk (Ukrainian: Анатолій Петрович Федорук, born 10 May 1972) is a Ukrainian politician serving as mayor of Bucha, Kyiv Region, Ukraine since 7 April 1998.[1] He is Chairman of the Board of the Kyiv Regional Branch of the Association of Ukrainian Cities.[1]
In 1992 and 1993 Anatoly Fedoruk was a history teacher at a secondary school in his native Velyka Medvedivka, Khmelnytska Oblast.[1] From 1993 to 1997 he was mayor of the local municipality.[1]
In 1997 and 1998 Fedoruk was teacher at a Bucha secondary orphanage.[1] Fedoruk was first elected mayor of Bucha in 1998; he was reelected in 2006, 2010, 2015 and 2020.[1] In 2010 he was elected as a candidate of the pro-Russian Party of Regions.[2] In 2015 he was elected for New Faces and in 2020 as a candidate of Servant of the People.[2]
In 2011 Fedoruk became Chairman of the Board of the Kyiv Regional Branch of the Association of Ukrainian Cities.[1]
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, this time as a self-nominated candidate, in electoral district 95, Fedoruk failed to win a parliamentary seat, losing to Mykhailo Havryliuk.[2]
In 2017 Fedoruk was suspected of abuse of power.[2] Hearings have been going on for several years but are constantly postponed.[2]
Anatoly Fedoruk attracted international attention in the aftermath of the Battle of Bucha that lasted from 27 February 2022 to 31 March 2022, during which time the Bucha massacre occurred.[3] In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published on 5 April 2022, he said that the Russian soldiers had killed Bucha residents "out of anger or for enjoyment".[4] The same day, in a video message he urged in particular medical doctors and utility company employees to return to the city.[5]