Oleg Morgun
Native nameОлег Моргун
Birth date19 March 1967 (age 59)
Birth placeSadkivtsi, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)[1]
StatusIncumbent
(contested)
Order51st
OfficeMayor of Mariupol
Term startdisputed with Vadym Boychenko
23 January 2023
PredecessorKonstantin Ivashchenko
AppointerDenis Pushilin

Oleg Valerievich Morgun (Russian: Олег Валерьевич Моргун; born 19 March 1967[1]) is a Russian–Ukrainian[2] pro-Russian politician, collaborator and former police officer serving as the de facto mayor of Mariupol since January 2023.

Life

Morgun is from Vinnytsia where he worked as a police chief. He was the acting head of police of Mariupol from June to July 2014.[3]

He was the de facto head of the Novoazovsk Raion of the Donetsk People's Republic under Alexander Zakharchenko. Morgun was succeeded by Vasily Ovcharov.[4] Morgun was also the head of Yasynuvata.

On January 23, 2023, he was appointed by Denis Pushilin to serve as the de facto mayor of Mariupol.[5][6] Morgun replaced Konstantin Ivashchenko.[5]

References

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  2. ^ "Oleg Valerievich MORGUN". OpenSanctions.org. 1967-03-19. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
  3. ^ Рагуцкая, Лилия (2023-01-24). "Гауляйтером оккупированного Мариуполя был назначен предатель Украины, который перешел на сторону РФ в 2014 году" (in Russian). WAR OBOZREVATEL. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  4. ^ "Oleg Morgun replaces Konstantin Ivaschenko as Mariupol mayor". dan-news.ru. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  5. ^ "Глава Мариуполя Константин Иващенко ушёл в отставку" (in Russian). Life.ru. 2023-01-24. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  6. ^ ДМИТРИЕВА, Ирина (2023-01-24). "Новым мэром Мариуполя назначен Олег Моргун: Что о нем известно" (in Russian). donetsk.kp.ru. Retrieved 2023-04-22.