Serhiy Haidai
Ukrainian politician, former governor of Lugansk Oblast (2019-2023)
Serhiy Volodymyrovych Haidai (Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Гайдай; born 6 November 1975) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. He was the head of the Luhansk Regional Military–Civil Administration from 25 October 2019 to 15 March 2023. He was also previously Head of the State Administration of the Mukachevo District in Zakarpattia Oblast from 2024 to 2025.
Biography
Haidai was born on 6 November 1975
Haidai studied at the Khmelnytskyi University of Economics. He also graduated from the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine.
From 2005 to 2015, Haidai was the General Director of Dembud LLC. From 2008 to 2010, he worked as an Assistant Member of the Kyiv City Council. From 2014 to 2015, Haidai worked as an Adviser to the Chairman of the Obukhiv Raion State Administration. In 2015, he was elected a Member of the Mukachevo Raion Council. From 2015 to 2018, he served as Chairman of the Mukachevo Raion State Administration.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Haidai served as head of the Luhansk Regional Civil-Military Administration.
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