Vasyl Ivanovych Hubal (; born 5 June 1967) is a Ukrainian politician. In 2014 to 2015, he was a leading figure in a political life of Zakarpattia.
Hubal was born near Khust. After serving in the Soviet Army from 1988 to 1992 he worked for several factories around Khust, including Khust Factory Technological Equipment and a brick factory of the "Radyanska Ukrayina" kolkhoz (collective farm).
In 2006-2014 Hubal was a member of the Khust Raion council. In 2010-2014 he was its chairman. In 2014-2015 he was a head of the Zakarpattia Oblast State Administration (Governor of Zakarpattia Oblast). When serving as a head of the Zakarpattia Oblast State Administration, Hubal was not able to prevent the 2015 Mukacheve incident, according to the parliamentary investigative committee.Armed conflict in Mukacheve was provoked by actions of administrations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and Security Service of Ukraine in Zakarpattia Oblast — Provisional Investigative Committee (Збройний конфлікт в Мукачево був спровокований діями керівництва УМВСУ та УСБУ в Закарпатській області – ТСК). Trybuna. 26 March 2016 In 2014 some sources claimed, Hubal is being associated with the "Viktor Baloha clan".Hubal turned out to be accidental "governor" of Zakarpattia (Губаль виявився випадковим "губернатором" Закарпаття ). Trybuna. 10 October 2014
When on 27 February 2024 the Khust City Council resigned Mayor Volodymyr Kashchuk Hubal was the secretary of the city council, in this capacity he became acting mayor in the absence of an elected mayor. At the time he was a member of the Servant of the People party.
References
External links dovidka.com.ua PredecessorValeriy Lunchenko Governor of Zakarpattia Oblast2014-2015 Hennadiy Moskal