Zhanna Ivanivna Usenko-Chorna ( uk, Жанна Іванівна Усенко-Чорна; born May 1, 1973 in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

lawyer, Merited Jurist of Ukraine and former member and Deputy chairwoman of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine.Profile
Central Election Commission of Ukraine

Biography

Born May 1, 1973 in Kyiv. In 1997 graduated from

Kyiv University 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 ...

with a degree in history and again in 2000 with a degree in

international law International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...

. In 1999 Usenko-Chorna was appointed principal consultant of the National Bureau for compliance with the

European Convention on Human Rights The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR; formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international convention to protect human rights and political freedoms in Europe. Drafted in 1950 by ...

of the

Ministry of Justice of Ukraine The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine ( uk, Міністерство юстиції України) is the main body in the system of central government of Ukraine that regulates state legal policy. It is often abbreviated as "Мinjust" f Ukraine It ...

. Since May 2000 she was appointed Senior Consultant of 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 ...

(Ukrainian parliament) on legal policy and adviser for the

Presidential Administration of Ukraine The Office of the President of Ukraine ('' uk, Офіс Президента України'') (formerly ''Administration of the President of Ukraine'', uk, Адміністрація Президента) is a standing advisory body set up by ...

and deputy head of the administration. Since December 2004 a member of the Central Election Commission and from June 2007 Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission. The Ukrainian parliament dismissed her and 12 other members of the Central Election Commission on 20 September 2018.Verkhovna Rada dismisses 13 CEC members

UNIAN The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a ...

(20 September 2018)

References

External links

Profile on Central Election Commission of Ukraine website
21st-century Ukrainian lawyers Living people 1973 births Lawyers from Kyiv 21st-century Ukrainian women politicians Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni Central Election Commission (Ukraine) Ukrainian women lawyers 21st-century women lawyers Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine {{Ukraine-law-bio-stub