Mayor of Odesa
Trukhanov was elected as the mayor of Odesa three times,securing the position in 2014,2015,and 2020. [12] [13] Amid rising unrest in Ukraine in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and the violent 2014 Odesa clashes,he was elected mayor of the city on 25 May 2014. [14] In the 2015 mayoral election of Odesa Trukhanov was reelected in the first round with 52.9% of the vote. [15]
In 2018,Trukhanov opened the Center for Integrated Social Services,where city residents can receive social services,certificates,or consultations. [16]
Trukhanov led the Ukrainian Muay Thai Boxing Federation. [17] In 2018,he initiated the creation of the High School Students' Parliament,representing the interests of students and implementing charitable,environmental,national-patriotic,intellectual,and creative projects. [18] That same year,he helped implement the Odesa School Basketball League project,involving 80 teams from 50 schools. [19]
Trukhanov supported the restoration of several architectural monuments,including the Potemkin Stairs,the Russov House,the Falz-Fein House,the Skarzhynsky income house and others. [20] [21] [22] [23] Existing and new parks were also modernised and built,including the Istanbul Park—a joint project of Trukhanov and Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas—and the Greek Park,supported by the Greek diaspora. [24] [25]
For the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election,Trukhanov was given a top-ten spot in the party list of Opposition Bloc. [26] In the event,the party only won 3.23% of the vote,failing to get the 5% needed to gain seats in parliament. [27]
In the 2020 Odesa local election Trukhanov was again a candidate for mayor of Odesa (nominated by Trust Deeds). [28] Trukhanov defeated Mykola Skoryk of Opposition Platform –For Life in the second round of the mayoral election on 15 November 2020,54.28% of the voters voted for him. [29]
After the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began,Trukhanov created a working group of historians with diverse perspectives on historical facts. The Odesa city government negotiated with the head of the UNESCO World Heritage Center,Lazare Eloundou Assomo,to form a working group including members of Italy's Ministry of Culture,researchers from the Polytechnic University of Turin,members of the UNESCO nomination committee,and Odesa historians,cultural experts,and architects. This collaboration led to the Historic Centre of Odesa receiving World Heritage status. [30] [31] [32]
In May 2025,Trukhanov,together with members of parliament,represented Ukraine at the Parliamentary Forum on Security in Madrid,discussing the challenges cities face during wartime. [33] [34] [35]
On 14 October 2025,Trukhanov was effectively removed from his post of mayor of Odesa after being stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship by a decree of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [36] [37] [38] The following day President Zelenskyy created the Odesa city military administration to govern the city. [1] Appointed head of the Odesa military administration was Serhiy Lysak. [1]
