Hanna Hopko

Hanna Hopko
Ганна Гопко
Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Verkhovna Rada
Assumed office
27 November 2014[1]
Personal details
Born (1982-03-04) 4 March 1982
Hanachivka, Peremyshliany Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Nationality Ukrainian
Spouse(s) Oleksandr Zhuk
Children Sofia (born in 2011)
People's Deputy of Ukraine
8th convocation
November 27, 2014 – Present
Elected as: ,

Hanna Mykolayivna Hopko (Ukrainian: Ганна Миколаївна Гопко, born 4 March 1982)[2] is a Ukrainian member of parliament (MP) and the head of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee. She is also a member of the executive committee of reforms of the National Council of Reforms[3] and the Anti-Corruption Action Centre (AntAC).[4]

Early life and education

Hanna Hopko was born on 4 March 1982 in Hanachivka,[5] Peremyshliany Raion, Lviv Oblast. In 2004, she received an MA in International Journalism at Lviv University and a CEP Diploma for achievements in ecological teaching from the Civic Education Project. In 2008, she completed the Leadership Program in TC at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In 2009, she was awarded a PhD in Social Communications at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.[6][7] In 2012, she studied at the Ukrainian School of Political Studies.

Career

From 2005 to 2007, Hopko worked as the communications manager of the Ukraine Citizen Action Network (UCAN/ISC, USAID contractor) in Kyiv. She led environmental journalism training programs held in Donetsk Oblast, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.

In 2009, she co-founded the "Life" Regional Advocacy Center (the primary partner in Ukraine of the Bloomberg Initiative to reduce tobacco use, ENSP and FCA member, WHO partner in Ukraine) and served as a deputy director until April 2012. In 2009, she became an advocacy coordinator of the National Coalition of NGOs and Initiatives For Smoke-Free Ukraine. She successfully advocated for 5 laws in tobacco control (on total tobacco advertising and sponsorship ban and on complete smoking ban in all public and working indoor area, implementation of Decree on pictorial graphic warning implementation on cigarette packs, tobacco tax increase). According to the World Health Organization's 2011 report on tobacco, Ukraine moved from 4th to 29th in the world in terms of the prevalence of smoking.[8] In January 2012, she became a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohkmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital.

From 2010 to 2012, Hopko was an adviser for the Morality, Spirituality and National Health parliamentary group. From January 2011 to September 2014, she was an advocacy expert at the Institute of Political Education (expert at seminars for assistants, advisors of Members of the Parliament, civic activist) and at the National Democracy Institute (NDI). From February to September 2014, she worked as a coordinator of the Reanimation Package of Reforms initiative[9] and served in an inter-factional parliamentary group, Platform of the Reforms.

Although not a member of the party,[10] Hopko appeared first on the party list of Self Reliance[11] during the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. She was elected to the Verkhovna Rada and subsequently named the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Supporting the ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, she stated: "It is a demonstration of readiness to build a rule-of-law state in which it is possible to punish for crimes against humanity and genocide."[12]

Hopko was expelled from Self Reliance on 31 August 2015 for her support of amendments to the Ukrainian Constitution that would lead to decentralization and greater powers for areas held by pro-Russian separatists.[13][14] Hopko stated that the constitutional amendment was "an important step towards comprehensive change in Ukraine" and contained "no concessions to Russia".[15]

Honors and awards

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. ↑ "Народний депутат України VIII скликання: Гопко Ганна Миколаївна" [8th convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada: Hanna Mykolayivna Hopko] (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada.
  3. ↑ http://reforms.in.ua
  4. ↑ http://antac.org.ua
  5. ↑ "Hanna Hopko". Self Reliance.
  6. ↑ Kozlowska, Hanna (23 May 2014). "The Revolution Has Not Been Finalized". Foreign Policy.
  7. ↑ Kauffmann, Sylvie (26 April 2014). "Ukraine’s Activists Are Taking No Chances". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ "WHO report (Which?)".
  9. ↑ http://platforma-reform.org/
  10. ↑ Reichardt, Adam (3 February 2016). "We have to start from scratch". New Eastern Europe.
  11. ↑ Goncharova, Olena (23 October 2014). "New faces in parliament possible with Samopomich Party". Kyiv Post.
  12. ↑ http://www.day.kiev.ua/en/article/day-after-day/duel-interests-and-values
  13. ↑ http://pda.pravda.com.ua/news/id_7079636/
  14. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34105925
  15. ↑ Hopko, Hanna; Mikhailov, Kirill (1 September 2015). "Ukrainian MP Hanna Hopko on the controversial decentralization vote". Euromaidan Press.
  16. ↑ "New Ukrainian Leaders Honored at NDI Democracy Dinner". National Democratic Institute. 10 December 2014.
  17. ↑ "Hanna Hopko: For carrying Ukraine's revolution beyond the Maidan". Foreign Policy (magazine).

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