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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Oleksandr Sin
| native_name = Олександр Чєнсанович Сін
| native_name_lang = ukr
| image = Oleksandr Sin.JPG
| alt =
| caption = Sin in 2012
| office = Mayor of [[Zaporizhia]]
| term_start = 2010
| term_end = 2015
| predecessor =
| successor = [[Volodymyr Buriak]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|4|12}}
| birth_place = [[Ordzhonikidze, Ukraine|Ordzhonikidze]], [[Ukrainian SSR]]
| party = [[Party of Regions]] (2012-2014)
| otherparty = [[Batkivschyna]]
}}
'''Oleksandr Sin''' ({{lang-uk|Олександр Чєнсанович Сін}}, {{lang-ru|Алекса́ндр Ченса́нович Син}}; born on April 12, 1961 in [[Ordzhonikidze, Ukraine|Ordzhonikidze]], [[Ukrainian SSR]]<ref name=Major>{{ru icon}} [http://file.liga.net/person/1156.html Dossier] from information agency "ЛIГАБiзнесIнформ"</ref>) is an [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] politician who was Mayor of [[Zaporizhia]] from late 2010 till late 2015.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12685587 Why has Ukraine become disillusioned with the Orange Revolution?], [[BBC News]] (9 March 2011)</ref>

==Biography==
Sin is ethnically [[Korean diaspora|Korean]].<ref>{{uk icon}} [http://www.radiosvoboda.org/content/article/2233826.html «Хочу збудувати громадянське суспільство в Запоріжжі» – мер Сін], [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] (29 November 2010)</ref> In 1983 Sin graduated from the Physics Department of the [[Kiev State University]], in 2001 he graduated as economist in [[Zaporizhia State Engineering Academy]], in 2005 he graduated as a state management magister in [[National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine]].<ref name=Major/><ref name=Command_of_Artemenko>{{uk icon}} [http://www.zoda.gov.ua/news/1472/u-velikiy-zali-oblderzhadministratsiji-golova-oblderzhadministratsiji-juriy-artemenko-predstaviv-svoju-komandu-aktivu-oblasti.html У великій залі облдержадміністрації голова облдержадміністрації Юрій Артеменко представив свою команду активу області], [[Zaporizhia regional state administration]] (March 16, 2005)</ref> After a career in the [[Soviet industry]] he became deputy [[mayor of Zaporizhia]] from 1994 till 1999 and till 2006 in the city's administration.<ref name=Major/> From 2006 till his election as Mayor Sin held various high post in the [[Zaporizhia Oblast|Zaporizhzhya Regional State Administration]].<ref name=Major/>

In [[Ukrainian local elections, 2010|October 2010 Sin was elected]] Mayor of [[Zaporizhia]] as a candidate of [[Batkivschyna]].<ref>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/88310/ Tymoshenko's Sin leads in Zaporizhia mayor's race], [[Kyiv Post]] (October 31, 2010)</ref> In December 2010 Sin left this party "''so that no political context is a source of provocations and insinuations about me. I am grateful to the party, that it supported my decision''".<ref>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/92165/ Zaporizhia mayor leaves Batkivschyna Party], [[Kyiv Post]] (December 6, 2010)</ref>

In March 2012 Sin joined the [[Party of Regions]].<ref>{{uk icon}} [http://tyzhden.ua/News/56025 Мер Полтави вступив у Партію регіонів ''The mayor of Poltava joined the Party of Regions''], [[The Ukrainian Week]] (21 July 2012)</ref>

The Party of Regions expelled Sin, since they said he was responsible for "policy failure and the collapse of the urban economy", on 24 February 2014.<ref>{{uk icon}} [http://www.unian.ua/politics/889143-mera-zaporijjya-viklyucheno-z-partiji-regioniv.html Mayor Zaporozhye excluded from the Party of Regions], [[UNIAN]] (24 February 2014)</ref> The same day Sin refused to resign from his post at the request of protesters of [[Euromaidan]] Zaporizhia,<ref>{{uk icon}} [http://www.unian.ua/politics/889181-mer-zaporijjya-vidmovivsya-yti-u-vidstavku-na-vimogu-maydanu.html Zaporizhia Mayor refused to resign at the request of Maidan], [[UNIAN]] (24 February 2014)</ref> who were [[2014 Euromaidan regional state administration occupations#21–26 February|occupying]] the [[Zaporizhia Oblast]] [[Local government in Ukraine|regional state administration]] building at that time.<ref>{{uk icon}} {{cite web|url=http://www.unian.net/politics/888801-v-zaporoje-uchastniki-maydana-opechatali-kabinetyi-rukovodstva-zaporojskoy-oga.html |title=In Zaporizhia Maidan participants sealed the offices of Zaporizhzhya Regional State Administration |agency=[[UNIAN]] |accessdate=24 February 2014}}</ref>

Sin unsuccessfully stood for re-election as a [[nonpartisan politician]]<ref>{{uk icon}} [http://www.slovoidilo.ua/2015/10/02/novyna/polityka/u-zaporizhzhi-zareyestrovano-22-kandydaty-v-mery In Zaporizhia registered 22 candidates for mayor], Слово і Діло (2 October 2015)</ref> in the [[Ukrainian local elections, 2015#Zaporizhia|2015 mayoral election]], receiving 9% of the vote in the first round of the election.<ref>http://zpinfo.com.ua/en/pomoshchnik-vladimira-buryaka-nam-vse-ravno-kto-budet-nashim-opponentom-vo-2-ture&page=2</ref><ref>http://zpinfo.com.ua/en/podvedeny-itogi-vyborov-v-zaporozhskoy-oblasti</ref><ref>http://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ukrnews/1903688-local-elections-exit-polls-results-for-main-regions.html</ref><ref>http://elections.rbc.ua/ukr/news/rezultaty-vyborov-mera-zaporozhya-2015-itogi-1445790419.html</ref> He was succeeded by [[Volodymyr Buriak]].<ref>{{uk icon}} [http://espreso.tv/news/2015/11/18/golova_kvu_klychko_nabrav_naybilshe_golosiv_sered_meriv_megapolisiv CVU Chairman: Klitschko won the most votes among the mayors of cities], [[Espreso TV]] (18 November 2015)<br>[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/304127.html SUMMARY: Klitschko in the lead of Kyiv mayoral election, Filatov likely to become Dnipropetrovsk mayor – exit polls], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (16 November 2015)</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Ukraine|Biography|Korea|Politics}}
* {{ru icon}} [http://file.liga.net/person/1156.html Dossier] from information agency "ЛIГАБiзнесIнформ"
* {{uk icon}} [http://www.rbc.ua/ukr/interview/show/a-sin-zadacha-mera-konsolidatsiya-politicheskih-i-biznes-elit--15112010170000 О.Сін:"Завдання мера - консолідація політичних і бізнес-еліт"], РБК-Украина (15 November 2010)

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[[Category:Koryo-saram]]
[[Category:People from Pokrov, Ukraine]]
[[Category:Ukrainian people of Korean descent]]
[[Category:Mayors of Zaporizhia]]
[[Category:Batkivshchyna politicians]]
[[Category:Independent politicians in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Party of Regions politicians]]

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