{{short description|Ukrainian lawyer (born 1973)}} thumb|Mykhaylo Okhendovsky '''Mykhaylo Okhendovsky''' ({{langx|uk|Михайло Володимирович Охендовський}}; born 27 October 1973 in Dubăsari, in the Moldavian SSR<ref name=MOTiraspol>{{in lang|uk}} [http://gazeta.ua/articles/politics/_ohendovskij-ocholiv-cvk/505537 Охендовський очолив ЦВК ''Ohendovsky leads CEC''], Gazeta.ua (6 July 2013)</ref>) is a Ukrainian lawyer who was since 6 July 2013 Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine; until the Ukrainian parliament dismissed him on 20 September 2018.<ref name=10268775-verkhovna-rada>[https://www.unian.info/politics/10268775-verkhovna-rada-dismisses-13-cec-members.html Verkhovna Rada dismisses 13 CEC members], UNIAN (20 September 2018)</ref><ref name=Okhendovsky>[http://www.interfax.co.uk/ukraine-news/mykhailo-okhendovsky-appointed-head-of-central-election-commission/ Mykhailo Okhendovsky appointed head of Central Election Commission], Interfax-Ukraine (6 July 2013)</ref>
==Biography== In 1997 Okhendovsky graduated with honors from the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in "international law".<ref name=MOTiraspol/> From 1991 on he worked in various juridical functions, among others for the National Television Company of Ukraine.<ref name=MOTiraspol/>
In February 2004 Okhendovsky became a member of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine (CEC).<ref name=Okhendovsky2>{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2013/07/6/6993761/ Головою ЦВК став Охендовський ''Chairman of the CEC was Ohendovsky''], Ukrayinska Pravda (6 July 2013)</ref> On 1 June 2007 he was re-elected in the CEC under the quota of the Party of Regions in the Ukrainian parliament (the Verkhovna Rada).<ref name=Okhendovsky2/> On 6 July 2013 he was elected Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, he was the only candidate.<ref name=Okhendovsky/><ref name=MOTiraspol/>
On 25 June 2010 Okhendovsky was awarded the title ''Merited Jurist of Ukraine''.<ref>{{in lang|uk}} [http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/726/2010 Указ Президента України № 726/2010 від 25 червня 2010 року «Про відзначення державними нагородами України з нагоди Дня Конституції України» ''Decree of the President of Ukraine № 726/2010 of 25 June 2010 "On state awards of Ukraine celebration of the Day of the Constitution of Ukraine"''], Verkhovna Rada (25 June 2010)</ref>
In December 2016 Okhendovsky became a suspect accused of receiving illegal funds from "black cash" ledgers of the Party of Regions.<ref>[http://www.unian.info/politics/1677382-head-of-ukraines-cec-faces-corruption-charges-in-case-of-party-of-regions-black-accounts.html Head of Ukraine’s CEC faces corruption charges in case of Party of Regions’ "black accounts"], UNIAN (13 December 2016)<br>[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/393673.html Kyiv Appeals Court nixes SAPO pretrial confinement request for Okhendovsky], Interfax-Ukraine (28 December 2016)</ref>
Parliament dismissed him and 12 other members of the Central Election Commission on 20 September 2018.<ref name=10268775-verkhovna-rada/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.cvk.gov.ua/skladcec/okhendovski.htm Profile on Central Election Commission of Ukraine website] {{in lang|uk}}
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