Serhiy Larin Lyovochkin). On 26 February 2014 a decree of acting President Oleksandr Turchynov dismissed Larin as Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. Serhiy Larin Serhiy Larin () (born 11 January 1962, Khartsyzk) is a Ukrainian politician and electrical engineer. Larin has been (except between April 2010 and November 2014) a member of the Ukrainian parliament since the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election for the People's Democratic Party, For United Ukraine! (2002 election), Party of Regions (2006 and 2007 election) and since the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election for the Opposition Bloc. In April 2010 President Viktor Yanukovych appointed Larin Governor of Kirovohrad Oblast.
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