Andriy Sadovyi

Andriy Ivanovych Sadovyi (Андрій Іванович Садовий; born 19 August 1968) is a Ukrainian politician.

He is the mayor of Lviv, the administrative centre of the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine, former leader of the Self Reliance political party, and co-founder of "Lux" media holding.

Andriy Sadovyi was born on 19 August 1968 in the city of Lviv.

He graduated from the Lviv Technical School of Radioelectronics in 1987.

He performed his military service from 1987 to 1989 in the Soviet Army.

In 1989, Andriy Sadovyi began working as an adjuster of radio-electronic devices at the Lvivprylad Manufacturers.

In 1992–1995 he was a deputy director of the Lviv branch of Social Adaptation of Youth Fund under the auspices of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

From 1997 to 2005 he was the chairman and head of the board of joint-stock company Pivden'zakhidelectromerezhbud.

From 1997 to 2001 he was the head of the board of the Lviv District Development Fund.

From 2002 to 2003 Sadovyi was a director of the Lviv Development Institute that publishes the Ukrainian-wide Misto journal.

Since 2002, Sadovyi has been the head of the board of the joint-stock Radio&TV company TRK Lux.

Since 2005 he has been the head of social organization Self Reliance.

On 26 March 2006, Sadovyi was elected the city mayor of Lviv.

On 31 October 2010, he was re-elected for a second term to the post of mayor of Lviv.

Andriy Sadovyi was a member of Our Ukraine until 2010.

In the 2010 local elections he was elected as a nominee from the Republican Christian Party.

In October 2012, Sadovyi called for creating a new political party, Self Reliance, which was registered in late December 2012.

The name stems from societies that existed before World War I in Galicia and which were revived after World War II as credit unions in the United States.

At 11:30pm on 25 July 2014 Sadovyi's house was hit by a high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead of an RPG-18.

The combatant who fired the RPG is unknown, and Sadovyi was not home at the time of the explosion, which damaged the roof, beams, and windows.

At 8:45pm on 26 December 2014, the house was hit again.

On that day, Sadovy and his family were reportedly at the Bukovel Resort.

Walls, windows and doors were damaged.

Led by Sadovyi, the party Self Reliance finished third in the Ukrainian parliamentary election in October 2014.

The party won 33 seats.

Sadovyi decided to remain as mayor of Lviv instead of taking a seat in parliament.

At 10:50pm on 29 October 2015, a grenade was thrown into the courtyard of the Sadovyi's house.

Sadovyi and his family were at home at the time of the explosion, however nobody was hurt and no damage was caused.

The attacker was arrested.

In the summer of 2016, the Lviv Gribovitsky landfill was closed on court-order, after a fire erupted on-site and claimed the lives of four.

The closure led to the dumping of Lviv garbage inside the city and in other area not equipped for this purpose.

In November 2016, Sadovyi launched a new tram route that connected the central part of the city with the Sykhiv district.

On October 17, 2016, a Center for the provision of services to combatants was opened in Lviv.

In addition, the Lviv City Council, at Sadovy's initiative, decided to allocate ₴400 million in 2017-2020 for material assistance to anti-terrorist operation participants, including ₴100,000 for each soldier; the city undertook to facilitate the allocation of land to anti-terrorist operation participants outside the city, or to provide monetary compensation, as well as to provide housing for the families of war victims, the seriously wounded and orphans.

The decision was made by 53 votes "for", "against" 0.

In March 2017 Sadovyi announced the signing of a memorandum on the termination of Lviv's trash block.

However, in June 2017, due to the severity of the problem – more than 9,000 tons of garbage had accumulated in and around the city – the issue was handed-over to the Lviv Regional State Administration for two years.

Self Reliance announced on 3 October 2018 that Sadovyi was their candidate in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election.

Sadovyi was a candidate in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election from 8 January until 1 March 2019, when he decided to withdraw.

He was a candidate in the election from 8 January until 1 March 2019, when he decided to withdraw to support the candidacy of Anatoliy Hrytsenko.