Vadym Filashkin

Vadym Serhiyovych Filaskhin (Ukrainian: Вадим Сергійович Філашкін; born 14 June 1975) is a Ukrainian statesman, who is currently the Governor of Donetsk Oblast since 27 December 2023.

Vadym Filashkin
Вадим Філашкін
Governor of Donetsk Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 December 2023
Preceded by	Ihor Moroz (acting)
Deputy Head of the Donetsk Oblast State Administration
In office February 2019 – 27 December 2023
Personal details
Born	Vadym Serhiyovych Filaskhin (1975-06-14) 14 June 1975 (age 49) Arbuzynka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Biography

Vadym Filashkin was born on 14 June 1975. He received his higher education at the Mykolaiv State Pedagogical University, majoring in "pedagogy and methods of secondary education, and physical culture and pre-conscription training". Then, in 2008, he graduated as a lawyer at the Kyiv National University of Internal Affairs.

From November 2015 to August 2016, he was the deputy chief of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Donetsk Oblast.

In February 2019, he was the deputy head of the Donetsk regional state administration.

On 27 December 2023, Filaskhin was appointed Governor of Donetsk Oblast.^[1][2]