Oleh Bohdanuk Petrenko
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His Excellency Oleh Bohdanuk Petrenko | |
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| Олег Богданюк Пєтренко | |
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| Hetman of Zamorodna | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office November 17, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Yvan Zynovuk Chortomlyk |
| Osavul of Pyvnychny Bolota | |
| In office September 6, 1992 – December 20, 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 6, 1954 Barabanopol, Pvn. Bolota, Zamorodna |
| Spouse(s) | Sofya Lavrynuks'ka Shchyrkyva (m. 1983; died 2018) |
| Children | 4 |
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| Residence | Zolotyy Palats, Kostyanopol |
| Alma mater | Baraban Academy Ariminum College |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | 1980-1990 2019-present |
| Rank |  Hetman |
| Command |  Zamorodnian Combined Militia |
Oleh Bohdanuk Petrenko (born August 6, 1954) is a Zamorodnian starost, politician, and the incumbent Hetman of the Zamorodnian Hetmanate, serving since 2019. Prior to his appointment by Koshovyy Otaman Volodymyr Matvyyuk Nesterenko, Petrenko was the Osavul of Pyvnychny Bolota between 1992 and 2015, having abdicated his role after Hanukkah 2015. In the intervening years, Petrenko had involvement with a number of non-profits and maintained positions on several corporate boards. Petrenko's nomination was accepted on November 17, 2021, and he assumed office immediately.
Hetman Petrenko's tenure as Hetman has been markedly laissez-faire, notably taking few strong stances on foreign affairs, though he has worked closely with Otaman Nesterenko and the Diplomatic Corps to foster public and private commercial relationships with Zamorodna abroad. Domestically, Petrenko has been noted as a conservative who has placed particular emphasis on the principle of minarchic restraint. Following concerns about a possible recession in Zamorodna toward the end of 2022, Petrenko called for austerity and authorized budget cuts for public education.
Early life, education, and military service
Oleh Bohdanuk Petrenko was born in the WBR Health Centre in Barabanopol in 1954. His father, Bohdan Yluk Petrenko, was the Osavul of Pyvnychny Bolota whose position he would assume upon his passing in 1992. Petrenko's younger brother was born in 1959 and the two siblings were close growing up. As a child, Petrenko attended the Kollavik Scholars' Institute in Velikoslavia, returning in 1972 at 18 years old.
Petrenko deferred customary military service to attend university at the Baraban Academy in Barabanopol, during which he spent a semester at the King David University in Yisrael. In 1974, Petrenko earned a Baccalaureat in Economics from the Baraban Academy and subsequently enrolled in the philosophy department at the Ariminum College in Latium, obtaining a second Baccalaureat in 1977 and a Masters in 1980.
Following the completion of his education, Petrenko returned to Pyvnychny Bolota and was commissioned as a junior officer in the Barabanopol Air Force where he learned to fly GSRW Gi-24 attack helicopters. He was married in 1983 to his wife, Ulyana Mykytuks'ka Nosach, from a Nerovyan starost family. The couple had three children. Over his ten-year career in the military, Petrenko rose to the rank of Sotnyk, commanding a squadron of helicopters. While the country never saw war for the duration of his service, he participated in multiple joint exercises and disaster relief operations, including the 1986 Upper Potyk Mine disaster.
Political career
Osavulship
Petrenko retired from the military in 1990 at the age of 36 after his father had an extended period of illness. As the heir apparent of the osavulship, Petrenko began working more closely with his father in administering the region with his cabinet. When Bohdan Ylyuk passed away in 1992, Oleh Bohdanuk transitioned smoothly into the leadership role.
Petrenko's administration as osavul began by continuing several of his late father's projects, ranging from road infrastructure expansion in the capital of Barabanopol to tax reform to make the region more friendly to post-industrial businesses. The latter endeavour saw Pyvnychny Bolota emerge as a technology centre in Zamorodna in the mid-1990s.
Petrenko's administration also faced some difficulties in the aftershocks of the Ostrozavan declaration of neutrality, which had led diverted a significant portion of east-to-west commerce past Zamorodna and onward to the more industrialized Ostrozava over the Kupalnitsa. Despite this, Pyvnychny Bolota managed to maintain levels of foreign investment close to those in 1989.
Throughout the early 2000s, Petrenko worked to suppress the informal economy which is especially prevalent in rural areas of Zamorodna. By 2007, Pyvnychny Bolota had increased its gross domestic product by more than 33%. This increase was primarily attributed to more accurate recording of economic activity in the stanytsa.
In 2015, Petrenko abdicated his osavulship shortly before his 61st birthday. His act was the appointment of three new judges in Pyvnychny Bolota. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Osyp. In retirement, Petrenko accepted a number of corporate board positions within Pyvnychny Bolota and across Zamorodna. In addition to his post-political involvement with commercial interests, he championed a number of charitable causes, including the Red Lake Foundation and the Kostyanopol-based Life Institute.