Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed MP Andriy Hordeyev as the head of Kherson Regional State Administration.

The president announced the appointment and introduced Hordeyev to the regional administration's staff during a working trip to Kherson, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported.

Hordeyev is a member of the Poroshenko Bloc faction, he was elected in constituency No. 183 (Kherson region).