Olexii Kucher

Oleksiy Volodymyrovych Kucher (; born 23 March 1985 ) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician. Kucher was Governor of Kharkiv Oblast from November 2019 until November 2020.

He also graduated from the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University.

Kucher was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election. As a candidate of Servant of the People he won election district 179 (located in Kharkiv Oblast) with 50.62% of the votes; Serhii Chernov of Opposition Bloc placed second with 17.25% of the votes. In parliament he became member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy.

President Zelensky dismissed Kucher, as Governor of Kharkiv Oblast, on 27 November 2020.

After being appointed as the Head of the SRS in January 2021, he resigned his powers as a deputy of the Kharkiv City Council ahead of schedule.

By the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1230-r dated October 11, 2021, he was appointed Head of the State Regulatory Service of Ukraine for a five-year term, following a competitive selection process, effective October 13, 2021.