Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Horeniuk ( uk, Олександр Олександрович Горенюк; born 8 August 1991) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a

People's Deputy of Ukraine People's, branded as ''People's Viennaline'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, GmbH'', is an Austrian airline headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights ma ...

representing Ukraine's 136th electoral district from

Servant of the People Servant of the People (SN; uk, Слуга народу, Sluha narodu, ) is a liberal, centrist, pro-European political party in Ukraine. It was formed in late 2017 and was officially registered on 31 March 2018 on the basis of the previously ...

since 29 August 2019.

Early life and career

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Horeniuk was born on 8 August 1991 in the city of

Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative ...

, on Ukraine's

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coast. He is a graduate of the

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

's international law faculty, as well as the CANactions School for Urban studies, specialising in strategic tools for modern urban development. Prior to his election, Horeniuk variously worked in international law, urban planning, design, and translation. He was head of the Bureau of Anti-Corruption Investigations, a non-governmental organisation, as well as chairman of the "Children of the Future" charitable organisation. He is the author or co-author of multiple

urban renewal Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities. Urban renewal involves the clearing out of blighte ...

projects in Odesa, as well as founder of the 4City restaurant.

Political career

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 ...

, Horeniuk ran for the office of

from Ukraine's 163rd electoral district as the candidate of

. At the time of the election, he was an

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. He was successfully elected with 47.07% of the vote, defeating independent incumbent

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, who garnered 40.91% of the vote. In the

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 ...

(Ukraine's parliament), Horeniuk joined the Servant of the People faction, as well as the Verkhovna Rada Transport and Infrastructure Committee. He is also a member of the inter-factional associations Blockchain4Ukraine and For Odeshchyna. In his capacity as a People's Deputy, Horeniuk has worked to reform public transportation in an effort to bring it up to the standards and regulations of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

, lowering prices and improving the quality of service. In October 2021, during his visit to Odesa and participation in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Volodymyr Zelenskyi supported the project to finance the reconstruction of Jeanne Labourb Park in Odesa, authored by Oleksandr Horeniuk.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Horeniuk, Oleksandr 1991 births Living people Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Politicians from Odesa Servant of the People (political party) politicians Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni