Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Omelchenko (Ukrainian: ????????? ????????????? ?????????? Oleksandr Oleksandrovyc Omel'cenko) became the mayor of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, in 1999.
He lost his re-election bid in March 2006.
Omelchenko is also a former member of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament).Omelchenko is the President of both the Association of the Cities of Ukraine and the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (1997-2006).
In 2001, Omelchenko bought FC CSKA Kyiv from the Ministry of Defense and transformed it into FC Arsenal Kyiv.