Kiev City State Administration to the Head of Kiev City Administration. Oleksandr Popov was then appointed as Head of Kyiv City Administration by President Viktor Yanukovych on 16 November 2010. On 14 December 2013 President Yanukovych suspended Popov. The same day the General Prosecutor of Ukraine's Office handed "a notification on suspicion of abuse of power when ordering the Euromaidan police actions of 30 November 2013" out to Popov and Anatoliy Holubchenko was appointed as acting Head of Kiev City Administration. On 24 December 2013 Holubchenko stated that he regularly met with (his predecessor) Popov. Volodymyr Makeyenko was appointed Head of Kiev City Administration
Mayor of Kiev mayor of Kiev Leonid Chernovetsky of the office of Head of Kiev City Administration, while still preserving the post of mayor. This led to Chernovetsky being deprived of any official decision-making role and most power in the capital was handed over to the Head of Kiev City Administration. At that time that was Oleksandr Popov who was appointed by President Viktor Yanukovych on 16 November 2010. Before these amendments, the elected mayor of the Kiev City Council was automatically appointed also as head of the Kiev City City Administration. Chernovetsky was not seen in Kiev for several months after Popov's