Pavlo Vasylovych Pavlish ( uk, Павло Васильович Павліш; born 10 December 1979) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Servant of the People, representing Ukraine's 182nd electoral district since 29 August 2019.

Early life and career

Pavlo Vasylovych Pavlish was born on 10 December 1979 in the village of , in Ukraine's southern

Kherson Oblast Kherson Oblast ( uk, Херсо́нська о́бласть, translit=Khersónsʹka óblastʹ, ), also known as Khersonshchyna ( uk, Херсо́нщина, ), is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, currently claimed and partly occupied ...

. He is a graduate of the , specialising in organisational management, and the

National University Odesa Law Academy National University "Odesa Law Academy" ( uk, Національний університет «Одеська юридична академія») is a higher educational institution in Odesa, Ukraine. The university was founded in 1997 on the ...

, specialising in jurisprudence. Prior to his election, Pavlish was a lecturer at Kherson State Agricultural University and director of Pravochyn Law Firm. He is additionally the founder of Euro Trade Engineering LLC and the non-governmental organisation " Skadovsk, Our Home".

Political career

Before being elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine, Pavlish unsuccessfully campaigned to become a member of the Kherson Oblast Council in

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, and

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

. He also worked as an assistant to Governor of Kherson Oblast

Andrii Gordieiev Andriy Anatoliyovych Gordeev (Ukrainian: Андрій Анатолійович Гордєєв; born on June 13, 1983, Nadiivka Village Chaplynka Raion, Kherson Oblast) is a Ukrainian politician, people's deputy of Ukraine of the VIIIth convocati ...

at public events. During the

2019 Ukrainian presidential election The 2019 Ukrainian presidential election was held on 31 March and 21 April in a two-round system. There were 39 candidates for the election on the ballot. The 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and the occupation of parts of Donetsk Oblast an ...

, Pavlish headed the campaign of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kherson Oblast.

People's Deputy of Ukraine

Pavlish 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 to be People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 182nd electoral district. At the time of the election, he was an independent. He was successfully elected, defeating former People's Deputy and future Russian collaborationist leader Volodymyr Saldo ( Opposition Platform — For Life) with 38.80% of the vote to Saldo's 16.10%. In the Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine), Pavlish joined the Servant of the People faction, as well as the Verkhovna Rada Legal Committee. On 5 October 2022, he became deputy chairman of the committee.

References

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