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Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko , known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv and head of the Kyiv City State Administration, having held both offices since June 2014. Klitschko is a former leader of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc and a former Member of the Ukrainian Parliament. He became actively involved in Ukrainian politics in 2005 and combined this with his professional boxing career until his retirement from the sport in 2013. He holds a Doctoral Degree from Kyiv University's Physical Science Department.As a boxer, Klitschko won multiple world heavyweight championships. He held the World Boxing Organization title from 1999 to 2000, the Ring magazine title from 2004 to 2005, and the World Boxing Council title twice between 2004 and 2013. Overall, he defeated 15 opponents in world heavyweight title fights, and made 12 successful title defences. In 2011, Vitali and his younger brother Wladimir Klitschko entered the Guinness World Records as the pair of brothers with most world heavyweight title fight wins . From 2006 until 2015, Vitali and Wladimir dominated heavyweight boxing, a period widely known as the "Klitschko Era" of the division. Klitschko's last fight was in 2012, but he remained the WBC heavyweight champion at age 42 when he announced his retirement in December 2013.

Klitschko formally began his political career in 2006 when he placed second in the Kyiv mayoral race. In 2010, he founded the party Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform and was elected into parliament for this party in 2012. He was a leading figure in the 2013–2014 Euromaidan protests, and he announced his possible candidacy for the Ukrainian presidency but later withdrew and endorsed the eventual winner Petro Poroshenko. He was elected Mayor of Kyiv on 25 May 2014. He headed the election list of the winner of the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, but he gave up his parliamentary seat to stay on as Mayor of Kyiv. On 28 August 2015 the UDAR party merged into Petro Poroshenko Bloc. Klitschko thus became the new party leader. Klitschko was reelected as mayor on 15 November 2015. Klitschko revived UDAR, and left Petro Poroshenko Bloc with it, in May 2019 and simultaneously announced that UDAR would take part in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election autonomously. UDAR however failed to win any seats.Klitschko was re-elected to a second term as mayor in 2020, securing 50.52% of the votes in the first round of voting and thus avoiding a run-off. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Klitschko and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have been internationally praised as symbols of Ukrainian resistance. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. July 1971
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Famous Vitali Klitschko Quotes

“Nobody wants to die, everybody wants to live, but the Russians want to rebuild a Russian empire and we don’t want to live in a Russian empire. The Russians try to put us on our knees, but we’re fighting right now for freedom and for the future of our children and our country.”

Vitali Klitschko

"Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko says he’s ready to give his life for Ukraine" https://nypost.com/2022/03/18/vitali-klitschko-says-hes-ready-to-give-his-life-for-ukraine/, New York Post, 18 March 2022

“You don't kill your brother.
You don't rape your sister.
You don't destroy your friend's country.
That's why today we dismantled this monument once created as a sign of friendship between Ukraine and Russia.”

Vitali Klitschko

Tweeted https://twitter.com/Klitschko/status/1519008421500043266 26 April 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

“Russian soldiers are fighting for the money, Ukrainian soldiers, Ukrainian citizens are fighting for the future of our children - and you feel the difference between the money and the children.”

Vitali Klitschko

"Ukraine war: Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko says it is 'a big privilege for every man' to defend Ukraine and warns Russian soldiers to 'go away'" https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-kyiv-mayor-vitali-klitschko-says-it-is-a-big-privilege-for-every-man-to-defend-ukraine-and-warns-russian-soldiers-to-go-away-12578968, Sky News, 31 March 2022

“Russians go away, Russian soldiers have to go away from our home country - and after that we are ready to discuss.”

Vitali Klitschko

2022

“Ukraine is a peaceful country, we were never aggressive to anyone. But, right now, the situation is about our future, the future of our children - and we have to defend that.”

Vitali Klitschko

2022

“If my home country needs my life, I am ready to give my life — for my country, for my children, for the future.”

Vitali Klitschko

2022

Vitali Klitschko Quotes

“If in earlier times one in six people died in intensive care, now it's every other person. This is very important. We are elevating [the quality], we are saving lives.”

Vitali Klitschko

Source: [Ненко, Илья, Лучшие цитаты Виталия Кличко — в честь 50-летия главного оратора планеты MAXIM, https://www.maximonline.ru/guide/luchshie-citaty-vitaliya-klichko-v-chest-50-letiya-glavnogo-oratora-planety-id668472/, 2022-06-13, www.maximonline.ru, ru]
Source: [2019-02-22, "Раньше у нас умирал каждый шестой человек, сейчас - каждый второй". Кличко снова оговорился в прямом эфире, https://tsn.ua/ru/tsikavinki/ranshe-u-nas-umiral-kazhdyy-shestoy-chelovek-seychas-kazhdyy-vtoroy-klichko-snova-ogovorilsya-v-pryamom-efire-1302129.html, 2022-06-13, ТСН.ua, ru]

Personality , People , Time

“I, for instance, don't see any smells whatsoever.”

Vitali Klitschko

While tasting tap water
2015
Source: * Я не вижу запаха и ни слышу привкуса.Мэр Киева Кличко. ** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_tjA3US0ps ** en ** 2022-06-13

“For the cold water to become hot, you have to heat it up. Obviously, for that we need gas. We are waiting for the gas supplies to begin but there aren't any.”

Vitali Klitschko

2014
Source: [Кличко: Чтобы холодная вода превратилась в горячую, ее нужно подогреть, https://zn.ua/UKRAINE/klichko-chtoby-holodnaya-voda-prevratilas-v-goryachuyu-ee-nuzhno-podogret-153533_.html, 2022-06-13, Зеркало недели]

Waiting , Water

“In previous years, when the Kyivans were waking up without any permits at all, the parks and squares have been built over and as a result, now we have a lack of trust.”

Vitali Klitschko

2014
Source: [2021-04-19, Виталий Кличко — DSnews.ua, https://www.dsnews.ua/dosie/vitaliy-klichko-18042021-422545, 2022-06-13, www.dsnews.ua, ru]

“I have two deputies, four of whom have already been lying in the Cabinet of Ministers for one month and whom it is impossible to appoint. I have no idea why.”

Vitali Klitschko

2014
Source: [Ненко, Илья, Лучшие цитаты Виталия Кличко — в честь 50-летия главного оратора планеты MAXIM, https://www.maximonline.ru/guide/luchshie-citaty-vitaliya-klichko-v-chest-50-letiya-glavnogo-oratora-planety-id668472/, 2022-06-13, www.maximonline.ru, ru]
Source: * Кличко: У меня есть 2 зама, 4 из которых лежат в кабинете ** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiDpYwg5HD0 ** en ** 2022-06-13

Lying , Idea

“I want to draw attention of everybody [to the fact that] I met with numerous policemen who died, with the protesters who died, and all of them are asking...”

Vitali Klitschko

2014
Source: [Ненко, Илья, Лучшие цитаты Виталия Кличко — в честь 50-летия главного оратора планеты MAXIM, https://www.maximonline.ru/guide/luchshie-citaty-vitaliya-klichko-v-chest-50-letiya-glavnogo-oratora-planety-id668472/, 2022-06-13, www.maximonline.ru, ru]
Source: * Кличко ляпы сборник ** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9vNDyAn7yAt=125s ** en ** 2022-06-13

Drawing

“The problem we've encountered is the inept policies of the whole ruling class of the country, and we shouldn't be looking to the people for the reason”

Vitali Klitschko

behind them
2013
Source: [Кличко: Я не вижу себя в правительстве Януковича. Нет смысла подымать этот вопрос, https://gordonua.com/news/maidan/kichko-ya-ne-vizhu-sebya-v-pravitelstve-yanukovicha-7366.html, 2022-06-13, gordonua.com]

Country , People , Problem

“I have to confess... for a long time, for many-many years, I am a convinced lesbian. I struggle to understand the representatives of sexual minorities when so many beautiful women are around you.”

Vitali Klitschko

2013
Source: [Виталий Кличко: Я - убежденный лесбиян, https://sportrbc.ru/news/5755950e9a7947e47e135f3d, 2022-06-13, РБК Спорт, ru]

Time , Understanding , Beauty , Women

“Everyone was supposed to go to parliament to work with their heads. For some, working with their heads didn't work out, so they went on to employ their fists. As an expert in this matter I can say that they didn't manage to do it very well, either.”

Vitali Klitschko

2013
Source: [У депутатов новой Рады не получается работать ни головой, ни кулаками - Кличко, https://politics.segodnya.ua/politics/U-deputatov-novoy-Rade-ne-poluchaetsya-rabotat-ni-golovoy-ni-kulakami-Klichko-408225.html, 2022-06-13, politics.segodnya.ua, ru]

“Anyone can insult a boxer, but not everyone will manage to apologise in time.”

Vitali Klitschko

Source: [Афоризми відомих українців, Folio, 2009, 978-966-03-4817-2, Kharkiv, 86, uk]

Time

“Boxing is my life, but my life is not only boxing.”

Vitali Klitschko

Source: [Афоризми відомих українців, Folio, 2009, 978-966-03-4817-2, Kharkiv, 86, uk]

Life , Box

“In my childhood years, I dreamt of being a footballer. But as my friends often joke, they tried to take the ball in an unsportsmanlike way... which is how I became a boxer.”

Vitali Klitschko

2008
Source: [Виталий Кличко ответил на вопросы читателей Корреспондент.net, https://korrespondent.net/ukraine/politics/386098-vitalij-klichko-otvetil-na-voprosy-chitatelej-korrespondent-net, 2022-06-13, korrespondent.net, ru]

Childhood , Way , Football

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