Serhiy Leshchenko

Serhiy Leshchenko
Сергій Лещенко
Member of Parliament
for Petro Poroshenko Bloc
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 November 2012[1]
Personal details
Born August 30, 1980
Kiev, Ukraine
Political party Petro Poroshenko Bloc
Alma mater Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Leland Stanford Junior University
Occupation publicist; journalist of Ukrayinska Pravda

Serhiy Leshchenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Анатолійович Лещенко, is a Ukrainian journalist, MP and public figure. Formerly a reporter for the Novyi Kanal, he worked as deputy editor for the internet newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda. On the parliamentary elections on October 26, 2014 he was elected to the Ukrainian parliament on the list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc.[2]

Life and career

Born in Kyiv in 1980, Leshchenko graduated from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He worked as a reporter for the Novyi Kanal in 2000. Since September 4, he works for the internet newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda as the deputy editor. Known for investigative journalism conducted including jointly with Mustafa Nayem.[3] He also writes for OpenDemocracy.net.

Leshchenko was included in the electoral list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc and elected to the Verkhovna Rada on the parliamentary elections of October 26, 2014. He is one of dozens of Euromaidan activists who are trying to pivot from street politics to power, where they hope to oversee reform to turn Ukraine into a modern European state.[4]

References

  1. ↑ CEC registers 357 newly elected deputies of 422, National Radio Company of Ukraine (25 November 2014)
    Parliament to form leadership and coalition on November 27, UNIAN (26 November 2014)
  2. ↑ A crazy 36 hours with the man who started Ukraine's revolution, Kyiv Post (Oct. 28, 2014)
  3. ↑ http://www.fritt-ord.no/no/hjem/mer/opptak_fra_pressepristildelingen_og_gry_larsens_tale_og/
  4. ↑ The Streets To The Rada: Euromaidan Activists Enter Politics, October 29, 2014

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