Borys Filatov
Borys Albertovich Filatov (Ukrainian: Борис Альбертович Філатов; born 7 March 1972 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian politician, journalist, lawyer, businessman, and the current Mayor of Dnipropetrovsk.[1] In 2014 and 2015 he was a member of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament.
Biography
On 4 March 2014, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration on internal affairs.
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Filatov as an independent candidate won a single-member districts located in Dnipropetrovsk with 56.66% of the votes and became thus a member of the Ukrainian parliament (on 27 November 2014).[2][3] In parliament he joined the inter-fractional group Ukrop.[4]
In September 2014, Filatov threatened in public journalist Anatoliy Sharyi, using obscene words and promising to beat the journalist.[5]
In the 2015 Ukrainian local elections Filatov was elected Mayor of Dnipropetrovsk (on 15 November 2015).[1] On 24 November 2015 Filatov resigned as member of parliament.[6]
References
- 1 2 Borys Filatov becomes Dnipropetrovsk mayor – election commission, Ukrinform (18 November 2015)
- ↑ CEC registers 357 newly elected deputies of 422, National Radio Company of Ukraine (25 November 2014)
Parliament to form leadership and coalition on November 27, UNIAN (26 November 2014) - ↑ (Ukrainian) Candidates and winner for the seat in constituency 27 in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Archived 27 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine., RBK Ukraine
- ↑ Justice Ministry registered the party Kolomoisky, Korrespondent.net (18 June 2015)
- ↑ Заместитель Коломойского Филатов публично угрожал журналисту расправой (in Russian). UAinside.info. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ↑ Borys Filatov resigns as MP, Interfax Ukraine (24 November 2015)