Halyna Yanchenko

Halyna Ihorivna Yanchenko (Ukrainian: Галина Ігорівна Янченко; born 29 April 1988[2]) is a Ukrainian anti-corruption activist and politician.[3] Yanchenko is a member of the Servant of the People political party.[4] She was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019.[5]

Halyna Yanchenko
Галина Янченко
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
29 August 2019[1]
Personal details
Born
Halyna Ihorivna Yanchenko

(1988-04-29) 29 April 1988
Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
Servant of the People
EducationNational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Occupationanti-corruption activist
politician

Biography

Yanchenko studied Sociology at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.[6]

In 2008 Yanchenko became head of the local Kiev branch of the party Democratic Alliance.[7]

Yanchenko is the Chairwoman of the NABU Public Oversight Council.[8]

From 2014 to 2015, she was a member of the Kyiv City Council for Democratic Alliance.[9][7]

After his election as President of Ukraine in 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Yanchenko as a member of "his team" responsible for "anti-corruption policy and digital decisions".[7]

Yanchenko was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019 as number 9 of the election list of Servant of the People political party.[5][7] Deputy Head of the Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy at the Verkhovna Rada.[10]

See also
  • List of members of the parliament of Ukraine, 2019–24

References
  1. The first session of the Verkhovna Rada of the IXth convocation, August 29, 2019, UNIAN Photobank (29 August 2019)
  2. "Янченко Галина Ігорівна". Central Election Commission (in Ukrainian). Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  3. "President Zelenskyy Announces His Party Members". Hromadske International. June 9, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  4. "Zelensky introduces his team". Ukrinform. April 18, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  5. "Some 254 MPs enter Rada from Servant of the People, 124 MPs from other parties, 46 MPs self-appointed". Interfax-Ukraine. July 26, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  6. "Список депутатів від партії «Cлуга Народу»". sluga-narodu.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  7. "Small biography of Halyna Ihorivna Yanchenko". Civil movement "Chesno" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. "Yanchenko Halyna". Yalta European Strategy. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  9. "5 Ukraine's public anti-corruption initiatives that can inspire you". UkraineWorld. July 22, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  10. "Prep group frames Rada committees' front office". Verkhovna Rada. August 28, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.


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