Volodymyr Illich Ivanov ( uk, Володимир Ілліч Іванов; born 14 July 1982) 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 ...

from Ukraine's 185th electoral district since 29 August 2019. He is a member of

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 ...

Early life and career

Volodymyr Illich Ivanov was born on 14 July 1982 in the city of

Kherson Kherson (, ) is a port city of Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers appr ...

, in southern Ukraine. He is a graduate of the , specialising in construction engineering. He has held high positions at multiple companies; he was production director of Ahroproekt-Yuh TOV, manager of Bornmut TOV until 2019, and director of Kyivnorbud TOV until 2017.

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 ...

, Ivanov was the candidate of

for

in Ukraine's 185th electoral district. At the time of the election, he was a member of Servant of the People. He was eventually successfully elected, winning 31.23% of the vote. In second and third place was Pavlo Filipchuk of

Opposition Platform — For Life The Opposition Platform – For Life ( uk, Опозиційна платформа – За життя; russian: Оппозиционная платформа – За жизнь, OPZZh) was a parliamentary and now banned pro-Russian and Eurosc ...

(22.15%) and independent incumbent (16.07%), respectively. 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 ...

(parliament of Ukraine), Ivanov joined the Servant of the People faction and became a member of the South Ukraine inter-fractional association and Verkhovna Rada Committee on State Power and Local Self-Government. Ivanov's actions on the committee, particularly his support for a September 2022 bill, were criticised by anti-corruption non-governmental organisation

Chesno Chesno ( uk, Чесно, lit=honestly, fairly) is a Ukrainian public campaign that emerged late 2011 to advance a fair election process. It is widely known for its critical analysis and evaluation of politicians and the Verkhovna Rada (parliame ...

for allegedly reducing the power of anti-corruption agencies within the Ukrainian government. Ivanov also acquired attention during the

COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine The COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Ukraine when the country's first case was confirmed to be hospitalized in Chernivtsi Oblast on 3 March 2020, a ...

, when, during remote sessions of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on State Power and Local Self-Government, an unknown woman took Ivanov's place and voted in his stead six occasions, in violation of both Ukrainian law and the

Constitution of Ukraine The Constitution of Ukraine ( uk, Конституція України, translit=Konstytutsiia Ukrainy) is the fundamental law of Ukraine. The constitution was adopted and ratified at the 5th session of the ''Verkhovna Rada'', the parliament ...

. As a result of the events,

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Голова Верховної Ради України, Holova Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy) is the presiding officer of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament. The chairman presides ...

Dmytro Razumkov Dmytro Oleksandrovych Razumkov ( ua, Дмитро Олександрович Разумков; born 8 October 1983) is a Ukrainian politician and former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (from August 2019 to 7 October 2021). Previously he was leader ...

refused to consider remote work for the Verkhovna Rada as a whole.

References

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