Manolis Pilavov
Manolis Vasyliovych Pilavov (Russian: Манолис Васильевич Пилавов; Ukrainian: Маноліс Васильович Пілавов; born 24 March 1964) is a politician and sporting administrator from Luhansk, serving as rebel-appointed mayor since 2014. He is also the President of the Luhansk Football Federation, and in 2009 briefly served as the President of football club Zorya Luhansk. Prior to working in the field of sports administration, Pilavov was a civil engineer.
Manolis Pilavov | |
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| Манолис Пилавов Маноліс Пілавов | |
| Mayor of Luhansk | |
| Assumed office December 2, 2014 | |
| LPR Head | |
| Preceded by | Serhiy Kravchenko (de jure) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 24, 1964 Alekseevka, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Party of Regions |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Lugansk National Agrarian University East Ukrainian Volodymyr Dahl National University |
Pilavov was a member of the pro-Russian Party of Regions, which was the ruling party in Ukraine until it was overthrown in 2014. He opposed the revolution, and later supported the creation of the Luhansk People's Republic as an independent state. He was subsequently investigated by the Security Service of Ukraine, which declared him to be an active participant of an illegal armed group.