Halyna Fedorivna Hereha (Ukrainian: Галина Федорівна Герега; born 9 August 1959) is a Ukrainian businesswoman and politician who served as acting mayor of Kyiv from 2012 to 2014. Hereha also was a Deputy Mayor and Secretary of the Kyiv City Council from 20 April 2011 to 5 June 2014. She is the co-owner of the store chain Epicentr K along with her husband, Oleksandr Hereha.[1]
Halyna Hereha | |
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Галина Герега | |
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| Acting Mayor of Kyiv (ex officio) — Secretary of the Kyiv City Council | |
| In office 12 July 2012 – 5 June 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Leonid Chernovetsky |
| Succeeded by | Vitali Klitschko |
| Secretary of the Kyiv City Council | |
| In office 20 April 2011 – 5 June 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1959 Hlynets, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Oleksandr Hereha |
| Children | 1 |
Biography
She was born on 9 August 1959 in the village of Hlynets, Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast.
She defended her PhD thesis on "Economic efficiency of shopping malls" in 2015.
In 2011, Oleksandr and Halyna Hereha took 27th place in the ranking of the richest people in Ukraine according to FOCUS magazine with a fortune of $890.8 million.[2] In a similar ranking for 2010, they held 26th place with a fortune of $395.4 million.[3]
In 2012, she ran for the Verkhovna Rada in the G215 constituency (Kyiv, Troieshchyna), but was defeated by Andriy Ilyenko, a candidate from the All-Ukrainian Union of Freedom.[4][5]