Vasyl Mykhailovych Horbal (; born 18 March 1971) is a Ukrainian politician, former member of the Verkhovna Rada.

In 1993-2002 he worked for various banks in Kyiv and since 1996 as a director of Ukrgasbank. In 2002-2010 Horbal was a member of Verkhovna Rada representing the Party of Regions.

Vasyl Horbal

In 2008 he unsuccessfully ran for the mayor of Kyiv.

Vasyl Horbal

In April 2010 Horbal was appointed Governor of Lviv Oblast. After being appointed as a governor Horbal was supposed to terminated his parliamentary duty, but instead even though he physically was in Lviv, his card voted on several issues in parliament including the so-called Kharkiv pact. After a secret ballot in which 66 deputies of the Lviv Oblast Council expressed their no-confidence in the Governor, President Viktor Yanukovych dismissed Horbal in December 2010.

Vasyl Horbal

References

External links

Profile at the Official Ukraine Today portal

1971 births

Living people

Politicians from Lviv

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni

Ukrainian bankers

Governors of Lviv Oblast

Fourth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada

Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada

Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada

Party of Regions politicians