Natalia Yuriivna Korolevska ( uk, Наталія Юріївна Королевська) (born 18 May 1975 in

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Biography
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politician and ex- Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine. Since 23 December 2011 she has been the party-leader of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party.Korolevska promises not to change ideology of Ukrainian Social Democratic Party
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'' (24 December 2011) On 22 March 2012 the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party was renamed Party of Natalia Korolevska "Ukraine – Forward!".

Biography

Korolevska was born in the

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in 1975, her father was a

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, her mother a

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. Korolevska graduated from the East Ukraine Volodymyr Dahl National University in 1997 and the Donetsk state academy of management in 2002 (speciality "Manager of organizations").Biography
who-is-who.ua From 1992 Korolevska worked in several management functions, starting in a company set up by her older brother Kostiantyn,A Royal Gift to the Government

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(5 June 2012) earning a "Leader of middle business" award in 2004.

Political career

From 2002 until 2006 Korolevska was a deputy of the

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regional parliament. During the Presidential election 2004 she supported

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.Народна депутатка з Луганська від БЮТу раніше підтримувала Віктора Януковича
Gazeta.ua (March 23, 2007) Korolevska was a member of Council of Entrepreneurs under the

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in the years 2003, 2004 and 2005. Korolevska became a member of

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(a part of

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) in autumn 2005 because "she is sure that the block of

Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan (); Korolevska decided to enter national politics: "I knew the most complex problems of the

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and sincerely wanted to solve them, but saw and understood that it is impossible to do so at the level of the regional council. It is in this spirit that I arrived 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 ...

(Ukrainian parliament) in 2006. Disappointment came quickly enough: it seems that everyone here is well aware of the difficulties, but nobody makes an attempt resolve them and to help the people."Наталья Королевская: «У нас в семье патриархат»
VV news (March 23, 2010) During the

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and

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parliamentary elections, she was elected as a deputy to the Verkhovna Rada. Korolevska is the current chairperson of the committee on issues of industrial and regulatory policy and entrepreneurship in the Verkhovna Rada.Наталия Королевская: «Луганск - не Донецк…»
, Остров (13 March 2008) Korolevska represented her party early December 2011 at the Congress of the

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(party leader Tymoshenko was in custody at the time). On 23 December 2011, Korolevska was elected the leader of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party (just like her former party, that party was also a member of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc). Hence she did not change faction in the Verkhovna Rada. On 14 March 2012 Korolevska was expelled from her “Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko- Batkivschyna”-faction after refusing to vote for the inclusion of a proposal in the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada (according to the faction; Korolevska claimed her " voting card" was stolen and that she wanted to vote for the proposalКоролевську викинули з БЮТ

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(14 March 2012)).Korolevska expelled from Batkivschyna faction
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'' (14 March 2012) The faction stated Korolevska was expelled "for breach of parliamentary ethics and cooperation with the

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"; she had been reprimanded previously. Two deputies of the “Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivschyna”-faction, who were like Korolevska members of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party,З БЮТ пішли дві людини Королевської

(14 March 2012) resigned from the faction in protest against Korolevska's expelling the same day. On the 22 March 2012 party congress the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party was renamed

Ukraine – Forward! Ukraine – Forward! ( uk, Україна – Вперед!, ''Ukrajina – Vpered!'', Russian language, Russian: Украина – Вперед!) is a Social democracy, social democratic political party in Ukraine. From its registration in Dec ...

.Королевська перейменувалася та обіцяє звинувачувати лідерів БЮТ

(22 March 2012)УСДП перейменувалася в партію "Україна – Вперед!"

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(22 March 2012) In the October

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and thus failed to win parliamentary representation. Despite that in June 2012 her party had stated it would not cooperate with the

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in a new parliament and in October 2012 had threatened

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with

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Korolevska became Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine in the Party of Regions led and appointed by Yanukovych second Azarov Government on 24 December 2012. On 24 February 2014, just after the "

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",Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president

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(23 February 2014)
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(23 February 2014) the Verkhovna Rada dismissed Korolevska.Parliament dismissed ministers

(24 February 2014) Korolevska was a candidate in the 25 May

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(3 April 2014)ЦВК зареєструвала кандидатами в президенти Тягнибока, Гриценка та ще двох
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.Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament

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(8 November 2014)
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(8 November 2014) In the same election her husband Yuriy Solod was also elected for Opposition Bloc after winning a

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seat in Slovyansk with 34.17% of the votes On 17 January 2015 (during the

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) the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine launched an investigation into Korolevska's alleged involvement in funding separatism.Ukraine crisis timeline

Korolevska was re-elected, placed 4th on the party list 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 ...

this time, in the

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. Her husband Yuriy Solod was also re-elected in constituency No. 47 for the same party.

Political positions

Korolevska political goal is "to create an efficient, transparent and stable

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" with less

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involvement.Королевская Наталия Юрьевна
LІGA.net She claims to stand for political reforms to combat poverty and

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.Королевська стала обличчям модного журналу

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(September 1, 2010) Korolevska wants to involve the non-government sector more in decision-making. She is against re-

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. In February 2012 she accused the Azarov Government of being "amateurish" "and it doesn't seem to notice that the country is on the verge of default". In early March 2012, Korolevska called for the opposition to run the 2012 parliamentary elections on a single list. The day after she was expelled from the “Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko- Batkivschyna”-faction (formerly BYuT faction) in the

(Ukrainian parliament) on 14 March 2012 she stated "

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from the so-called opposition have united with the majority factions; an anti-national majority consisting of representatives of the current and previous government has been formed in the Verkhovna Rada". Korolevska's Ukrainian Social Democratic Party left the Dictatorship Resistance Committee (the main vehicle where the opposition was negotiating forming joint electoral list of candidates in

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in the 2012 parliamentary elections) on 14 March 2012.

Cultural and political image

Korolevska sees herself as a representative of the upcoming generation of political leaders of Ukraine. In 2007 "

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" magazine placed Korolevska 66th in a survey investigating the most influential women of Ukraine.Фаворитка Тимошенко

(December 20, 2006) In 2009 she reached the 9th spot in that survey (six places higher than the Minister of Labor and Social Policy

Lyudmyla Denisova Lyudmyla Leontiyivna Denisova; russian: Людмила Леонтьевна Денисова, translit=Lyudmila Leontyevna Denisova Наталья Королевская

In February 2008 ''Focus'' placed Korolevska at the 93rd place in their ranking of the richest Ukrainians. Experts of the magazine assessed her assets to be worth

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243 million (in the

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). According to Korolevska she is no longer active in business and her husband controls her assets.Королевская Наталья
ДОСЬЕ According to media in

Korolevska was one of the most influential figures in that region. According to experts Korolevska spend about $1.25 million on a spring 2012 national billboards campaign aimed at raising her profile; her press service did not give any figures about expenditures on this ad campaign, stating it was a “commercial secret”.Korolevska everywhere, but is she going anywhere?
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'' (30 March 2012)

References

External links

Personal website

Ukrainian Social Democratic Party website

Baby and youth photos of Natalia Korolevska
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