Halyna Hereha

Halyna Fedorivna Hereha (; born 9 August 1959) is a Ukrainian businesswoman and politician who served as acting mayor of Kyiv from 2012 to 2014. Hereha also was a Deputy Mayor and Secretary of the Kyiv City Council from 20 April 2011 to 5 June 2014. She is the co-owner of the store chain Epicentr K along with her husband, Oleksandr Hereha.

Early life She was born on 9 August 1959 in the village of Hlynets, Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR. After completing secondary school, she entered the Lviv Cooperative Technical School, from which she graduated from in 1978. During her time in the council, she was Secretary of the Standing Committee on Trade, Entrepreneurship, Public Catering and Services, and during an interview in 2007 she stated her main focus in the role would be on gambling. She was elected after the previous secretary, Oles Dovgiy, announced his voluntary resignation.

Wealth In 2011, Oleksandr and Halyna Hereha took 27th place in the ranking of the richest people in Ukraine according to FOCUS magazine with a fortune of $890.8 million. In a similar ranking for 2010, they held 26th place with a fortune of $395.4 million.