Serhiy Leshchenko

Serhiy Leshchenko
Сергій Лещенко
Member of Parliament
for Petro Poroshenko Bloc
Assumed office
27 November 2014[1]
Personal details
Born (1980-08-30) August 30, 1980
Kiev, Ukraine
Political party Democratic Alliance
Other political
affiliations		 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. In the 2014 parliamentary elections 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 one of the organizers of the (late 2013 to early 2014) Euromaidan demonstrations.[2]

Leshchenko was included in the electoral list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc and elected to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) in the 26 October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[4] He was one of dozens of Euromaidan activists who came to parliament to try to oversee reform to turn Ukraine into a modern European state.[2] Although formally belonging to the party that supports Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko; in parliament Leshchenko became one of the biggest critics of Poroshenko's presidency.[4]

In August 2016 Leshchenko joined the (political party) Democratic Alliance.[5]

In September 2016 Leshchenko became embroiled in a scandal over bying a luxury apartment he could not have afford but claimed had loaned money for.[6]

Books

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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 Why Ukraine reformists yearn for change by Tom Burridge, BBC News (12 April 2016)
  5. ↑ A new party for Ukraine’s euro-optimists?, openDemocracy (15 August 2016)
  6. ↑ kyiv.ua/uk/article/polityka/kvartyra-leshchenka-reakciya-socmerezh Apartments Leshchenko: the reaction of social networks

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