Mykola Kmit
Микола Кміть
Governor of Lviv Oblast
In office
1 September 2008 – 21 April 2010[1]
Preceded byValeriy Pyatak (acting)
Succeeded byVasyl Horbal
Personal details
Born (1966-03-24) 24 March 1966
Buchach, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
SpouseSvitlana Kmit
ChildrenDana, Nazar
Alma materLviv Polytechnic University

Mykola Ivanovych Kmit (Ukrainian: Микола Іванович Кміть; born 24 March 1966) is a Ukrainian politician and the former head of the Lviv Oblast State Administration. He is a president of the Ukrainian football club FC Skala Stryi (originally from Morshyn).

Business career

A graduate of the Lviv Polytechnic Institute, during 1992-1995 under Kmit's management the Invest-Center JSC[2] became a large wholesale supplier of the Ukrainian china and ceramic ware to Russia.

From 1996 till 2004 Mykola Kmit led Nova company[2] specializing in mineral water production and bottling in Morshyn. His leadership resulted in the establishing of the biggest distribution network in Ukraine.

Since 2005 till February 2008, Mykola Kmit is a top-manager, co-owner and strategist of the Industrial and Distribution Systems (IDS).[2] Under his management several new factories were launched and IDS Group became the leader in the Ukrainian mineral water market.

In 2007, Mykola Kmit took 69th place in the TOP-100 best managers in the country, having previously become a finalist in the International Competition Entrepreneur of the Year 2006.[3]

Political career

In February 2008 Mykola Kmit became an acting Head of Lviv Oblast State Administration. By a Decree of President Viktor Yushchenko of September 1, 2008, Mykola Kmit was appointed the Head of Lviv Oblast State Administration.[2] Today Mr. Kmit focuses his efforts on developing the investment potential of Lviv Region and implementation of vital projects, including those related to Euro 2012, for the region's growth and well-being. Kmit was dismissed in April 2010 by President Viktor Yanukovych.[2][1]

Kmit was the Self Reliance candidate for People's Deputy of Ukraine in Ukraine's 126th electoral district in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, though he was ultimately not elected.[4][5]

Kmit was the eighth-place candidate for Self Reliance party list in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election. At the time of the elections, he was an independent.[6][7] But in the election the party won 1 seat (in one of the electoral constituencies) while only scoring 0.62% of the national (election list) vote.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 (in Ukrainian) Ключові слова:Микола Кміть Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, UNIAN
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 (in Russian) Николай Кмить Archived 2009-05-23 at the Wayback Machine, LІGA.net
  3. ↑ Кміть Микола — голова Львівської ОДА
  4. ↑ "Наші кандидати : Вибори Парламенту 2014". 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Микола Кміть, кандидат у народні депутати від партії "Самопоміч"". Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Центральна виборча комісія - Вибори народних депутатів України 2019". www.cvk.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Sadovyi's Samopomich party reveals top candidates for parliament". Kyiv Post.
  8. ↑ CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections Archived 2019-12-21 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
    (in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019 Archived 2019-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)
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