Dmytro Serhiyovych Kostiuk ( uk, Дмитро Сергійович Костюк; born 1 June 1993) is a Ukrainian journalist and politician currently serving as a
People's Deputy of Ukraine from
Ukraine's 65th electoral district as a member of
Servant of the People.
Early life and career
Dmytro Serhiyovych Kostiuk was born on 1 June 1993 in Novohrad-Volynskyi, within
Zhytomyr Oblast of
Ukraine (now named
Zviahel
Zviahel (, ; translit. ''Zvil'') is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Originally known as ''Zviahel'', the city was renamed to ''Novohrad-Volynskyi'' () in 1795 after annexation of territories of Polish–Lithuanian ...
). He graduated from the historical faculty of
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He worked as a journalist at
Espreso TV, and was a member of the "Indivisible Ukraine" non-governmental organisation. He was also chairman of the
Holosiivskyi District branch of the
Democratic Alliance party.
Political career
Kostiuk ran in the
2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Snap elections to the Ukrainian parliament were held on 21 July 2019. Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, these elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolv ...
as the candidate of
Servant of the People for
People's Deputy of Ukraine in
Ukraine's 65th electoral district. At the time of his campaign, he was an
independent. Kostiuk defeated his closest opponent, incumbent People's Deputy
Volodymyr Lytvyn, by a margin of 10.09%, winning 35.73% of the vote in total.
As a People's Deputy, Kostiuk is a member of the Servant of the People faction and the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agriculture and Land Policies.
References
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1993 births
Living people
People from Zviahel
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Historical faculty alumni
Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Servant of the People (political party) politicians
FC Zviahel
Ukrainian football chairmen and investors