title: Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea
text: # Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea
  
  The Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukrainian: Постійний Представник Президента України в АР Крим) represents the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
  
  Originally created in 1992 as the Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea, the first representative was not appointed until March 1994. The first representative was Valeriy Horbatov, who worked as a head of the Krupskaya collective farm in Nyzhnohirskyi Raion, Crimean Oblast.
  
  ## Presidential representatives
  
  * 1994–1996: Valeriy Horbatov
  * 1996-1997: Dmytro Stepanyuk
  * 1997–1999: Vasiliy Kiselyov
  * 1999–2002: Anatoliy Korniychuk
  * 2002-2004: Alexander Didenko
  * 2005–2006: Volodymyr Kulish
  * 2006–2007: Hennadiy Moskal
  * 2007-2007: Viktor Shemchuk
  * 2007-2007: Volodymyr Khomenko
  * 2008-2010: Leonid Zhunko
  * 2010-2010: Serhiy Kunitsyn
  * 2010-2011: Viktor Plakida (acting)
  * 2011–2011: Volodymyr Yatsuba
  * 2012–2014: Viktor Plakida (acting in 2011–12)
  * 2014-2014: Serhiy Kunitsyn (acting)
  * 2014-2017: Natalia Popovych
  * 2017-2018: Borys Babin
  * 2018-2019: Izet Hdanov (acting, as first deputy)
  * 2019–2022: Anton Korynevych
  * 2022–present: Tamila Tasheva
  