Leonid Kuchma, who held the position of President until January 23, dismissed 8 officials from the duties of heads of district state administrations in Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Volyn, Zhytomyr, Sumy and Odesa regions on January 20-21. This is stated in the orders signed by Kuchma during this period. \n \nIn particular, in Dnipropetrovsk region Kuchma dismissed the head of Tsarychanka district administration Volodymyr Stibkovi and the head of Kryvyi Rih district administration Volodymyr Miroshnyk. In Sumy region Kuchma dismissed the head of Seredyna-Buda district state administration Hryhorii Hen and the head of Trostianets district administration Mykola Berezin. Kuchma also dismissed the head of Voznesensk district state administration Ivan Burdin (Mykolaiv region), the head of Liubeshiv district state administration Petro Byshevych (Volyn region), the head of Ovruch district state administration (Zhytomyr region) Mykola Boleshchuk and the head of Ananiv district administration in Odesa region Mykola Balan. \n \n