Valeriy Horbatov | |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Office: | People's Deputy of Ukraine |
Term Start: | 11 May 1994 |
Term End: | 25 May 2006 |
Predecessor: | Constituency established |
Successor: | Constituency abolished |
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Office1: | Prime Minister of Crimea |
Term Start1: | 25 July 2001 |
Term End1: | 29 April 2002 |
Subterm1: | Presidential Representative |
Suboffice1: | Anatoliy Korniychuk |
Predecessor1: | Serhiy Kunitsyn |
Successor1: | Serhiy Kunitsyn |
Birth Date: | 27 June 1955, Nechayane, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Party: | Motherland Defenders Party (2005–present) |
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Spouse: | Yevhenia |
Children: | Olha, Yuriy |
Alma Mater: | Kherson State Agrarian and Economic University |
Valeriy Myronovych Horbatov (uk|Валерій Миронович Горбатов; born 27 June 1955) is a Ukrainian politician and scientist.
In 2000 and 2001 Horbatov was Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Horbatov fled Kyiv and is believed (by non-governmental organisation Chesno) to have fled to the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.[1]
In April 2022 the National Police of Ukraine opened an investigation into Horbatov on charges of "financing of the terrorist organisation Donetsk People's Republic. It was established that after the occupation of part of Ukraine by Russia, Horbatov continued to carry out his business activities there and paid taxes to Russia. Also was discover that he had stolen from Crimean museums and bought from "black archaeologists" valuable archaeological finds. Those seized during the investigation were exhibited in the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in August 2023.[2]