Maksym Marchenko

{{family name hatnote|Mikhailovich|Marchenko|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Maksym Marchenko

| native_name = {{Nobold|Максим Марченко}}

| native_name_lang = uk

| image = Marchenko maksym.jpg

| party = Independent

| office1 = 14th Governor of Odesa Oblast

| predecessor1 = Serhiy Hrynevetsky

| successor1 = Borys Voloshenkov (acting)

| termend1 = 15 March 2023

| termstart1 = 1 March 2022

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|2|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sloviansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

| nationality = Ukrainian

| allegiance = {{Flag|Ukraine}}

| branch = {{army|Ukraine}}

| unit = 28th Mechanized Brigade

| rank = Colonel

| serviceyears = 2005–present

| battles =

| signature = Signature of Maksym Marchenko.svg

| caption = Marchenko in October 2020

| president1 = Volodymyr Zelenskyy

| primeminister1 = Denys Shmyhal

| education = Kharkiv Institute of Tank Troops
National Defense University

}}

Maksym Mykhaylovych Marchenko ({{Langx|uk|Максим Михайлович Марченко}}; born 10 February 1983) is a Ukrainian colonel, former commander of the 28th Mechanized Brigade and the Aidar Battalion of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and he was Governor of Odesa Oblast from 1 March 2022 to 15 March 2023.

Biography

Marchenko was born on 10 February 1983 in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast. In 2005, he graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of Tank Troops and studied the Command and Staff Institute for the Use of Troops (Forces) of the National University of Defense of Ukraine.{{Cite web |title="Ми не здамо Одесу!" – керівник військово-цивільної адміністрації Максим Марченко |url=https://armyinform.com.ua/2022/03/03/my-ne-zdamo-odesu-kerivnyk-vijskovo-czyvilnoyi-administracziyi-maksym-marchenko/ |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=armyinform.com.ua |language=uk}}

From 2015 to 2017 he served as the commander of one of the assault battalion of Ukrainian Ground Forces, the Aidar Battalion.

Later, in 2017, he was appointed Deputy Commander of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade, where he stayed for a short time because he led another brigade for a year.{{cite web |author= |date=2019-04-16 |title=Командир одесской мехбригады досрочно получил очередное звание |url=https://dumskaya.net/news/komandir-odesskoy-mehbrigady-dosrochno-poluchil-097799/ |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=Dumskaya |publisher= |language=ru}}

In April 2019, he was promoted to the rank of colonel.

= Governor of Odesa Oblast =

On 1 March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was appointed Governor of Odesa Oblast, succeeding Serhiy Hrynevetsky.Decree of the President of Ukraine from 1 березня 2022 year № 90/2022 [https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/902022-41477 «Про призначення М.Марченка головою Одеської обласної державної адміністрації»] {{in lang|uk}}{{Cite web |title=Zelensky replaces heads of Odesa, Cherkasy regional state administrations |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3417806-zelensky-replaces-heads-of-odesa-cherkasy-regional-state-administrations.html |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=Ukrinform |language=}} On 15 March 2022, Marchenko appointed Anatoly Vorokhaev as his deputy.{{Cite web |title=Глава Одесской ОВА Марченко уволил с должности заместительницу Светлану Фабрикант |url=https://24tv.ua/ru/glava-odesskoj-ova-marchenko-uvolil-dolzhnosti-zamestitelnicu_n1906527 |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=24 Канал |language=ru}} The same day, Marchenko met with Bernard-Henri Lévy in Odesa.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-15 |title=Известный европейский философ приехал в Украину: обещает помочь с "закрытым небом" |url=https://telegraf.com.ua/odessa/2022-03-15/5699511-izvestnyy-evropeyskiy-filosof-priekhal-v-ukrainu-obeshchaet-pomoch-s-zakrytym-nebom |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=Телеграф |language=ru}} Marchenko was dismissed as Governor by Presidential decree on 15 March 2023.{{cite web|date=15 March 2023|access-date=15 March 2023|title=Zelensky fired Marchenko, Haidai and Hamalia from the positions of ODA leaders|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2023/03/15/7393567/|website=Ukrayinska Pravda|lang=Ukrainian}}