Iryna Ihorivna Podoliak ( uk, Іри́на І́горівна Подоля́к; born 2 May 1967) is a Ukrainian politician. She is a former

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, representing Ukraine's 116th electoral district in the

8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 8th convocation ( uk, Верховна Рада України VIII скликання, ) was a convocation of the legislative branch of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament. The 8th convocatio ...

as a member of Self Reliance.

Biography

Iryna Podoliak was born in

Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast Zolochiv ( uk, Золочів, pl, Złoczów, german: Solotschiw, yi, זלאָטשאָוו, ''Zlotshov'') is a small city of district significance in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine, the administrative center of Zolochiv Raion. It hosts the administrat ...

. She graduated with honours from

Ivan Franko National University of Lviv The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...

, with a degree in

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Ukrainian Language Ukrainian ( uk, украї́нська мо́ва, translit=ukrainska mova, label=native name, ) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family. It is the native language of about 40 million people and the official state langu ...

and

Literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

. From 1990 to 1993 she attended the

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program at the same university. In 2002 she received a degree in

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from the

University of Lviv The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...

. Podoliak started working in 1994, at the age of 17 taking the job of teacher in kindergarten #4 in

Zolochiv Zolochiv, ( ua, Золочів) may refer to the following places in Ukraine: * Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast, city in Lviv Oblast * Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast, urban-type settlement in Ukraine {{set index, populated places in Ukraine ...

. After obtaining her PhD degree, worked in the Creative Union Centre of Europe. In 1994–1998, worked in Lviv City Executive Committee, as a head of information department. In 1998–2002 she was the manager at the

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Independent Culture Journal Ї. At the same time she was coordinating the

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projects in Lviv. In 2002–2012 worked at the

Lviv City Council Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in Western Ukraine, western Ukraine, and the List of cities in Ukraine, seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is o ...

, as the Head of International Cooperation department at the Bureau for Information Policies and External Relations. In 2014 she was elected to

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

, the Parliament of Ukraine. In the July

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 ...

, Podoliak was not re-elected after finishing seventh with 5.06% of the vote in Ukraine's 116th electoral district in

Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a wikt:Appendix:Glossary#relational, relational adjective—in Englis ...

. Podoliak has a daughter, student of the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Podoliak, Iryna 1963 births Living people 21st-century Ukrainian women politicians Self Reliance (political party) politicians Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada People from Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast University of Lviv alumni Women members of the Verkhovna Rada