Vitaliy Viktorovych Turynok (; born 14 September 1973) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. He is a former Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Turynok was born on 14 September 1973 in the village of Svobodne, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. After initially working as a seasonal worker at a state farm in Donetsk Oblast and then as an auxiliary worker at the Donetsk ChemicalâÂÂMetallurgical Plant, he became a preparatory day student at the Zaporizhzhia Industrial Institute. In 1997, after transferring there, he graduated from the Zaporizhzhia State Engineering Academy as an Electronic engineer.
After graduation, he began to work in business. He was first director of Afganets LLC, then the Director of Development and Deputy Director for Commercial Affairs for Postulate LLC. From 2003 to 2011 he was chairman of the board of the Rivne House-Building Plant. He then stepped down to be Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Regional Development Manager for the company until 2019.
In 2019, he was appointed as Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This resulted in a minor controversy where Deputy Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko accused the Office of the President of selecting Turynok with no competition, HR selection, and that the appointment was entirely behind the scenes. He was dismissed from the post on 12 June 2020 by Decree No. 220/2020 by Zelenskyy and replaced by Vitaliy Bohovin, a member of the Servant of the People party and previous director of the enterprise Bizon-Tech.
Turynok is married, he has three children.