Oleksandr Vilkul

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Oleksandr Vilkul
Олександр Вілкул
Vilkul in 2022
Head of the Military Administration of Kryvyi Rih
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 February 2022[1]
Preceded by	Position established
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine For infrastructure, regional development, construction, utilities and housing
In office 24 December 2012 – 27 February 2014[2]
Prime Minister	Mykola Azarov
Preceded by	Borys Kolesnikov
Succeeded by	Volodymyr Groysman (As Vice Prime Minister for Regional Policy)
Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
In office 18 March 2010 – 24 December 2012
Preceded by	Viktor Bondar
Succeeded by	Dmytro Kolesnikov
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office 26 October 2014 – 21 July 2019
Constituency	Opposition Bloc, No. 2
In office 26 March 2006 – 18 March 2010
Constituency	Party of Regions, No. 59
Personal details
Born	(1974-05-24) 24 May 1974 (age 49) Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political party	Vilkul Bloc – Ukrainian Perspective (since 2020)
Other political affiliations	Party of Regions (2006–2014) Opposition Bloc (2014–2018) Opposition Bloc (2019) (2019–2020)
Spouse	Olena Anatoliivna Vilkul
Children	Mariya Vilkul
Parent	Yuriy Vilkul (father)
Alma mater	Technical University of Kryvyi Rih
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Oleksandr Yuriyovych Vilkul (Ukrainian: Олексaндр Юрійович Вiлкул; born 24 May 1974), also known as Aleksandr Yuryevich Vilkul (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Вилкул) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who is currently serving as Head of the Ukrainian Military Administration of Kryvyi Rih. He has previously served as Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Born in Kryvyi Rih in 1974, Vilkul originally pursued a career in mining, eventually becoming manager. In 2003, he joined the Party of Regions, becoming a People's Deputy of Ukraine in 2006. He served in the role until being appointed as Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast by President Viktor Yanukovych in March 2010. He served in the role for two years before being appointed as Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for infrastructure, regional development, construction, utilities, and housing economy, a position he served in until the Revolution of Dignity.

Vilkul continued to be active in politics, serving as co-chair of the Opposition Bloc party until its 2022 ban, as well as leading his own party. In February 2022, he was chosen as Head of the Military Administration of Kryvyi Rih by Ukrainian authorities following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.