Mykola Kalashnyk


Mykola Volodymyrovych Kalashnyk is a Ukrainian politician who is Head of the Regional State Administration (Governor) of Kyiv Oblast since 24 March 2025.

Biography

Kalashnyk was born on 22 May 1990 in Kyiv. In 2013 he graduated from Kyiv National Economic University with a degree in "Foreign Economic Activity Management", with a qualification of Master of Science in Foreign Economic Activity Management. In 2018 Kalashnyk graduated from the National Academy for Public Administration with a degree in "Regional Administration", with a qualification of Master of Public Administration.
From 2011 to 2012 Kalashnyk worked as a customs broker at VENT-SERVICE LLC.
In 2012 he started his career as civil servant in the Darnytskyi District of Kyiv in the municipal enterprise "Directorate for Management and Maintenance of Non-Residential Fund of the Darnytskyi District of Kyiv".
From 2013 to 2017 Kalashnyk was the head of the department for communal property and privatization of the state housing fund of the Darnytskyi District State Administration of Kyiv.
From 2017 to 2020 he was head of the Darnytskyi District State Administration staff.
The following four years Kalashnyk was first deputy head of the Darnytskyi District State Administration and temporarily acting head of the Darnytsia District State Administration.
When Ruslan Kravchenko was dismissed as Governor of Kyiv Oblast on 30 December 2024 Kalashnyk was appointed as temporary acting Governor on 1 January 2025.
On 24 March 2025 was appointed as the Head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration by a decree of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.