Oleksandra Ustinova

Oleksandra Ustinova (Ukrainian: Олександра Юріївна Устінова, romanized: Oleksandra Yuriivna Ustinova; born 2 October 1985 in Vinnytsia) is a Ukrainian politician and public activist. Since 2019 serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine. Head of the “Holos” (“Voice”) Party faction in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Member of the Law Enforcement Committee in the Ukrainian parliament. Chairwoman of the Parliamentary Temporary Special Commission on monitoring arm supplies to Ukraine. Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Deputy head of the US-Ukraine Caucus, Co-chair of the group on the inter-parliamentary relations with Netherlands and Israel.

Guest lecturer at Stanford University, teaches the course on communication at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv.

Member of the board of the Anti-Corruption Action Center. She was one of the initiators and founders of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Anti-Corruption Court and the drug procurement reform.

Biography

Oleksandra Ustinova was born on October 2, 1985, in Vinnytsia.

''Education''

In 2001, while studying in high school, she completed a one-year study in the USA under the Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX).  

In 2009, she obtained a master degree of political science at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

In 2014, she graduated from the Ukrainian School of Political Studies.

In 2017, she interned in the USA under the Transatlantic Fellowship Program.

In 2018-2019, she studied at Stanford University under the Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program.

''Public activity''

In 2013, Oleksandra Ustinova was an active participant of the Revolution of Dignity. Later she organized help for the children of fallen soldiers of the war in Donbas as a volunteer.

Since 2014, she is an independent expert and member of the board of the Anti-Corruption Action Center. She was one of the initiators and lobbyists of the creation of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Anti-Corruption Court.

In 2019, Ustinova was a member of the center for combating corruption and the secretary of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine public oversight board.

''Political career''

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election she was elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 9th convocation from the Holos political party.

On December 17, 2021 she became the faction leader of the Holos political party

Member of the Law Enforcement Committee in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Member of the Permanent Delegation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

In October 2022 Ustinova became the chairwoman of the Parliamentary Temporary Special Commission on monitoring arm supplies to Ukraine.

Russian invasion

Since the beginning of the full scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ustinova lobbies for arms and humanitarian aid from the United States of America for Ukraine. She became the voice of Ukraine in the US Congress advocating for more support of Ukraine.

Since October 2022 she is a chairwoman of the Parliamentary Temporary Special Commission on monitoring arm supplies to Ukraine.  

Also Ustinova is a member of the working group on the creation of a Special international tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine, established by the President of Ukraine. 

References

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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
21st-century Ukrainian women politicians
Place of birth missing (living people)
Voice (Ukrainian political party) politicians
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy alumni
Stanford University alumni
Women members of the Verkhovna Rada