Yuriy Harbuz

Yuriy Hryhoriyovych Harbuz (; born on 18 November 1971), is a Ukrainian politician who served as the governor of Luhansk Oblast.

Early life Yuriy Harbuz was born in Milove on 18 November 1971 in Milove, which was then part of Luhansk Oblast in the Ukrainian SSR. Harbuz, upon graduating from secondary school, did not initially seek higher education and instead became a worker. He first worked as a counselor in 1989 to a secondary school in Dibrova, before completing his mandatory service in the Soviet Armed Forces. Additionally, in 2014, he was elected a member of the Milov District Council of the IV convocation. He was also elected during the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election to the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, as a self-nominated non-partisan nominee for constituency no. 114 (Luhansk). Upon joining the Rada, he joined the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction, a social democratic pro-European bloc.

On April 29, 2016, by the decree of Petro Poroshenko, Harbuz was appointed as Governor of Luhansk Oblast.

Personal life , Harbuz has a girlfriend and has 3 children. In his spare time, he goes out hunting.