Leonid Mykhaylovych Chernovetskyi (Ukrainian: ?????? ?????????? ????????????; born November 25, 1951 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR) is a former Mayor of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, from 2006 until the summer of 2012.
He was a successful businessman, founder and controlling stakeholder of the Pravex Group and Pravex Bank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine.
Since the appointment by President Viktor Yanukovych of Oleksandr Popov as Head of Kiev City State Administration on 16 November 2010, replacing Chernovetskyi, Chernovetskyi was deprived of any real decision-making role in Kiev.
He tendered his resignation on 1 June 2012.After this resignation Chernovetsky and his family moved to the Georgian town Kobuleti and he has Georgian citizenship