The decision to admit Chernivtsi governor Volodymyr Kulish to the Our Ukraine party has been taken at the Presidium of the party Council today.

Volodymyr Kulish was born on Feb. 11, 1963 in the village Khotyn, Sumy oblast. Graduated from economic faculty, Kyiv University. He is a candidate of economic science. In 1985 he moved to Bukovyna. Worked as a professor of a chair of political economy, Chernivtsi University. Since 1992 he was the deputy head of Chernivtsi municipal executive committee. In 1992 he was elected a deputy of the oblast council.

Since January 1999 he worked as the deputy GM of the Crimean joint stock company «Tytan». On Feb. 19, 2003 Volodymyr Kulish was appointed the presidential representative in the Crimean Autonomous Republic and occupied this post until May 17, 2006.

On May 17, 2006 he was appointed the head of Chernivsti oblast state administration.