Oleksandr Ivanovych Kuts is a Ukrainian political military commander, a Major General, the Chief of the newly created Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts. He was the Head of the Office of the Security Service of Ukraine in Donetsk Oblast from March 25, 2015, to August 21, 2017. He was the Governor of Donetsk Oblast between 22 June 2018 and 5 July 2019.

The governor of Donetsk Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Donetsk Oblast. Due to the current Russo-Ukrainian War Donetsk Oblast is, since 5 March 2015, assigned as a civil–military administration. Hence the governor of Donetsk Oblast is officially called Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Civil Administration.