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Harbuz Yuriy Hryhorovych
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Farmer, anti-corruption deputy in the Verkhovna Rada, governor of Luhansk region who "lived in the forest with wolves"
Born on November 18, 1971, in Milove, Luhansk region. From December 2014 to May 2016, he was deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Prevention and Counteraction of Corruption. From April 29, 2016, to November 22, 2018, he was head of the Luhansk Regional Military-Civil Administration.
Yanukovych official who was reinstated by Poroshenko
Harbuz made it into the top ten officials who were in power under Yanukovych and returned to leading positions under Poroshenko. Before that, he headed the Milove District State Administration but resigned a few months after Maidan.
The head of Luhansk Regional State Administration publicly stated that he "lived in the forest with wolves for three years" — which made the public question the official's sanity. Photos appeared online showing Harbuz posing against the backdrop of killed foxes, roe deer, and a deer on bloody snow — and taking his son hunting.