Oleksiy Kuleba

Oleksiy Kuleba
Олексій Кулеба
Kuleba in 2024
Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Community and Territories Development
In office
5 September 2024 – 16 July 2026
Preceded byVasyl Shkurakov
Succeeded byMykola Kalashnyk (Minister of Infrastructure)
Vitalii Bezghin (Minister of Communities and Territories)
Deputy Head of the
Office of the President of Ukraine
In office
24 January 2023 – 5 September 2024
Preceded byKyrylo Tymoshenko
Succeeded byViktor Mykyta
Governor of Kyiv Oblast
In office
21 May 2022 – 24 January 2023
Preceded byOleksandr Pavlyuk
Succeeded byDmytro Nazarenko (acting)
In office
8 February 2022 – 15 March 2022
Preceded byVasyl Volodin
Succeeded byOleksandr Pavlyuk
Deputy Governor of Kyiv Oblast
In office
16 March 2022 – 21 May 2022
Personal details
Born (1983-08-08) 8 August 1983
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
SpouseHalyna Dmytrychenko
Children2

Oleksiy Volodymyroyvch Kuleba (Ukrainian: Олексій Володимирович Кулеба; born 8 August 1983) is a Ukrainian politician. Between 2024 and 2026 he served as Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Territories.[1] He had previously been Governor of Kyiv Oblast from 21 May 2022 until 24 January 2023.[2][3]

He served as the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine from January 24, 2023[4] to 5 September 2024,[5] as Deputy Governor of Kyiv Oblast from 16 March 2022 till 21 May 2022,[6] as Governor of Kyiv Oblast from 8 February 2022 till 15 March 2022,[7] and served as Deputy Governor from 1 January 2021 to 7 February 2022.[8]

He was the director of the Improvement Department of Kyiv City Council from 2019 to 2021, and was a councilmember of the Rzhyshchiv City Council of Kyiv Oblast from 2010 to 2015.[9]

Early life

Oleksiy Kuleba was born on 8 August 1983 in Kyiv in the family of journalist and writer Volodymyr Kuleba.

In 2005, he graduated from Kyiv National Economic University with a degree in International Economics and a master's degree in International Economics. He is a candidate of Sciences in Public Administration as of 2005.[10] He is also a candidate for Master of Sports in Basketball.

Career

In 2005, Kuleba was a manager of the municipal enterprise of Kyiv Regional Council "Kyiv-Media", in Kyiv.

From 2005 to 2008, he studied at the graduate school of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. At the same time, he was an assistant to a People's Deputy of Ukraine.

From 2007 to 2010, he was the General Director of Khonin and Partners LLC.

In 2010, he was a Senior Lecturer of the Department of Self-Government PJSC "Higher Educational Institution" Interregional Academy of Personnel Management".

From 2010 to 2015, he was a councilmember (deputy) of the Rzhyshchiv City Council of Kyiv Oblast.

In 2014, he served as an assistant to a councilmember (deputy) of Kyiv City Council on a voluntary basis.[8]

From 2016 to 2017, he was an advisor to the General Director of the "Pleso" Municipal Enterprise for the Protection, Maintenance and Operation of Lands of the Water Fund of Kyiv of the executive body of Kyiv City Council on a voluntary basis.

From 2018 to 2019, he served as general director of Asper LLC, in Kyiv.[11]

From 2019 to 2021, he was serving as the director of the Department of Improvement of the Kyiv City Council.

From 2021 to 2022, he was the First Deputy Chairman of Kyiv City State Administration for the implementation of self-governing powers.[8]

On 8 February 2022, Kuleba became the Governor of Kyiv Oblast.[12]

On 15 March 2022, to further strengthen the defense of the capital and Kyiv Oblast, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Oleksandr Pavlyuk, a commander of the Joint Forces Operation, as the governor of Kyiv Oblast.[13] Kuleba thus became the deputy governor again.[8]

On 21 May 2022, he became Governor of Kyiv Oblast again.[2] On 24 January 2023, he was once again removed from this position and subsequently appointed Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine on the same day.[14]

Social activity

In 2001, he founded the "Basketball School" civic organization (Ukrainian: «Школа баскетболу», lit. 'Shkola basketbolu'). From 2001 to 2019, he was the head of the subsequent NGO "Basketball School".[15][16]

Family

He is married to Halyna Dmytrychenko-Kuleba and has two daughters.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Рада затвердила новий склад уряду без очільників Міноборони та МЗС. Ось хто у списку (ДОПОВНЕНО)". Hromadske. 16 July 2026. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Зеленський змінив голову Київської ОДА" [Zelensky replaced the head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration]. Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Russia-Ukraine war live: multiple Ukraine officials resign amid corruption claims; Nato 'confident' of German tanks solution soon". the Guardian. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Tymoshenko dismissed as deputy head of Office of President of Ukraine". www.pravda.com.ua. 24 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Opanasenko, Oleksandra (5 September 2024). "Zelensky fired three deputy heads of the Presidentʼs Office". babel.ua. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Президент призначив Олексія Кулебу головою Київської ОДА". Офіційний вебсайт Київської ОДА (in Ukrainian). 9 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Кулеба Олексій Володимирович". Офіційний портал КМДА - Головна (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Кулеба Олексій Володимирович". Офіційний портал КМДА - Головна (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Досье: Кулеба Алексей Владимирович". kievvlast.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 9 January 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Кулеба Олексій Володимирович". irbis-nbuv.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "КУЛЕБА Олексій Володимирович - Київська обласна державна адміністрація". 14 February 2022. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  12. ↑ "Про призначення О. Кулеби го... | від 08.02.2022 № 48/2022". 10 February 2022. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "UKAZ PREZYDENTA UKRAINY №329/2021: Pro pryznachennia O.Pavliuka Komanduvachem obiednanyx syl" УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №329/2021: Про призначення О.Павлюка Командувачем об'єднаних сил [DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE №329/2021: On the appointment of O. Pavlyuk as the Commander of the United Forces]. 28 July 2021.
  14. ↑ "Russia-Ukraine war live: multiple Ukraine officials resign amid corruption claims; Nato 'confident' of German tanks solution soon". the Guardian. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "Досье: Кулеба Алексей Владимирович - КиївВлада" (in Ukrainian). 9 January 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  16. ↑ "Бізнес-зв'язки із забудовниками та олігархами: чим займався Кулеба до призначення головою КОДА". mykyivregion.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  17. ↑ "Людина на своєму місці: що відомо про Олексія Кулебу – нового заступника глави ОП". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). 25 January 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
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