Halyna Hereha

{{Short description|Ukrainian businesswoman and politician}}

{{Family name hatnote|Fedorivna|Hereha|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Halyna Hereha

| native_name = {{nobold|Галина Герега}}

| native_name_lang = uk

| image = Hereha2017.jpg

| imagesize = 225px

| caption =

| order = Acting Mayor of Kyiv (ex officio) —
Secretary of the Kyiv City Council

| term_start = 12 July 2012

| term_end = 5 June 2014

| predecessor = Leonid Chernovetsky

| successor = Vitali Klitschko

| order1 = Secretary of the Kyiv City Council

| term_start1 = 20 April 2011

| term_end1 = 5 June 2014

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|8|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hlynets, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

| spouse = Oleksandr Hereha

| children = 1

| party = Independent

}}

Halyna Fedorivna Hereha ({{langx|uk|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.{{Cite web |url=http://nashgorodok.km.ua/index.php/2011-04-03-08-04-29/18-2011-04-03-08-02-37 |title=Information from the Infoportal of Horodok District (Khmelnytskyi Region) |access-date=13 August 2018 |archive-date=23 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123214308/http://nashgorodok.km.ua/index.php/2011-04-03-08-04-29/18-2011-04-03-08-02-37 |url-status=dead }}

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.[http://focus.ua/charts/174865/ 200 самых богатых людей Украины 2011 года. Рейтинг Фокуса] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227063155/http://focus.ua/charts/174865|date=27 December 2011}} {{in lang|ru}} In a similar ranking for 2010, they held 26th place with a fortune of $395.4 million.[http://focus.ua/charts/110931 200 самых богатых людей Украины. Рейтинг Фокуса 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419052324/http://www.focus.ua/charts/110931/|date=19 April 2010}} {{in lang|ru}}

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.{{Cite news|url=http://ua.korrespondent.net/ukraine/politics/1416745-stalo-vidomo-hto-peremig-na-skandalnomu-okruzi-215|title=Стало відомо, хто переміг на скандальному окрузі № 215|language=uk|work=Korrespondent.net|access-date=2018-06-28}}{{cite web|author=5 канал|date=2012-10-30|title=Округ №215. Іллєнко перемагає, Герега звозить до ОВК молодиків|url=http://5.ua/newsline/179/0/97287/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101231618/http://5.ua/newsline/179/0/97287|archive-date=2012-11-01|access-date=2012-11-19}}

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