Halyna Vasylchenko
Halyna Vasylchenko | |
|---|---|
Галина Васильченко | |
 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office 29 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bohdan Dubnevych |
| Constituency | Lviv Oblast, No. 118 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1983 Kornychi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Political party | Holos |
| Other political affiliations | Ukrainian Galician Party |
| Alma mater | |
Halyna Ivanivna Vasylchenko (Ukrainian: Галина Іванівна Васильченко; born 24 October 1983) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 118th electoral district since 29 August 2019. She is a member of Holos.
Early life and career
[edit]Halyna Ivanivna Vasylchenko was born on 15 October 1983 in the village of Kornychi, in Ukraine's western Lviv Oblast.[1] In 2001, she studied the English language at Premier London College, and in 2005 she graduated from the University of Lviv's International Relations faculty, majoring in international economic relations. In 2008, she graduated from the University of Lviv's law faculty. From 2014 to 2019, Vasylchenko studied at the Ukrainian Catholic University, completing a variety of programmes.[2]
From 2002 to 2007, Vasylchenko worked in the private sector as a specialist in international economic relations. Afterwards, she worked in the investment department of the Lviv city council until 2017.[2]
Political career
[edit]Vasylchenko first campaigned for political office in 2015 to the Lviv city council as a member of the Ukrainian Galician Party.But she didn’t win the election. From 2017, she was head of the Ukrainian Galician Party's group of economic experts, and helped to develop the party's economic policy. 2018 to 2019, she was head of the Ukrainian Galician Party in Lviv.[2]
People's Deputy of Ukraine
[edit]Vasylchenko ran in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election as the candidate of Holos for People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 118th electoral district. She was successful, defeating incumbent People's Deputy Bohdan Dubnevych with 31.61% of the vote to Dubnevych's 29.81%.[3] In the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament), Vasylchenko joined the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax, and Custom Policy.[4]
In June 2021, Vasylchenko, along with 10 other deputies of Holos, joined Justice, a group of dissident members of Holos.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Васильченко Галина Іванівна" [Vasylchenko, Halyna Ivanivna]. Slovo i Dilo (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ a b c "Васильченко Галина Іванівна" [Vasylchenko, Halyna Ivanivna]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 21 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі №118" [Information about counting of voters' votes in single-mandate electoral district No. 118]. Central Election Commission (Ukraine) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Васильченко Галина Іванівна" [Vasylchenko, Halyna Ivanivna]. Chesno (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 30 November 2022.