Maryan Bohdanovych Zablotskyy (Ukrainian: Мар'ян Богданович Заблоцький, born September 21, 1985) is a Ukrainian politician and public figure. He serves as a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the IX convocation (since August 29, 2019), elected on the list of the "Servant of the People" party (Number 82 in the list),[1] and is a member of the party "Servant of the People".[2]

Maryan Zablotskyy
Мар'ян Заблоцький
Assumed office
August 29, 2019
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Local Taxes and Fees of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy
Personal details
Born (1985-09-21) 21 September 1985 (age 39)
Political partyServant of the people
EducationLviv University of Trade and Economics
OccupationPolitician

Zablotskyi is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Local Taxes and Fees of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy.[2]

Biography

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Educated at Lviv's specialized secondary school with an emphasis on foreign languages (1992–2001),[3] he later attended the Institute of Economics and Finance at Lviv University of Trade and Economics, receiving a Specialist degree (2001–2006) and a Master’s degree (2006–2007) with research on stock market structure and analysis of financial markets. He earned his PhD in Economics from the Institute of Regional Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2007–2012), focusing on mechanisms for developing Ukraine's financial market.

Professionally, he began to work with investment funds at asset management company Optima Capital (2007–2008) and subsequently held analytical and directorial roles in Erste Bank’s treasury and economic research departments (2008–2012). From 2012, he held senior positions within the Ukrainian Agrarian Association and served as secretary of the Supervisory Board for the PFTS Ukraine Stock Exchange.[4] His public service included voluntary advisory roles for Verkhovna Rada deputies (2012–2019) and executive roles in nonprofit organizations focused on economic freedoms and legislative efficacy (2015–2019). He also consulted on European Union agro-industrial reforms (2016–2018) and chaired the Public Council on Tax and Customs Policy for the Verkhovna Rada (2016–2019).[5]

Political Activity

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Zablotskiy served as an assistant to Verkhovna Rada deputies Oleksiy Mushak (8th convocation) and Volodymyr Pylypenko (7th convocation). Elected as a people's deputy from the Servant of the People party in 2019 (list position №82), he joined the Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy, chairing the subcommittee on local taxes and fees. Zablotskiy is also active in international and inter-parliamentary relations, including as a member of the Permanent Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of GUAM, co-chairman of the group for relations with Chile, a deputy head of parliamentary group on inter-parliamentary relations with the United States of America.[2]

As a public figure, he authored legislation, including a 2015 bill for deregulating the agro-industrial sector by eliminating 22 permit documents. He was a principal author of the 2021 land reform law, which transferred state lands outside settlements to territorial communities.[6] He spearheaded the installation of a Ronald Reagan monument in Kyiv.[7]

In 2021, Zablotskiy competed for head of the State Tax Service.[8] Over seven years, he has contributed to 155 draft laws, with 30 enacted by the 7th, 8th, and 9th convocations of the Verkhovna Rada. He is also a member of the Ukrainian Gun Owners Association.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Zablotskyi Marian Bohdanovych" (in Ukrainian). Official portal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  2. ^ a b c "News - UA-USA friendship group comes into play at new Rada". Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Personality Zablotskyy Maryan Bohdanovych" (in Ukrainian). Comments Ukraine. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Zablotskyi Marian Bohdanovych - Biography, Elections, Factions, Political Campaigning" (in Ukrainian). PolitHub. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  5. ^ "Zablotskyy Maryan - dossier, career, biography, family" (in Ukrainian). Political party “Servant of the People”. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  6. ^ "Draft law on amendments to the Land Code of Ukraine" (in Ukrainian). Official portal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  7. ^ Oleksandr Kravchenko (2024-07-30). "Kyiv: petition to erect a monument to Reagan gained votes" (in Ukrainian). Lb.ua. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  8. ^ "Minutes of the meeting of the Commission on the Senior Civil Service" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  9. ^ "Regulation in the agro-industrial complex: what to expect for agrarians" (in Ukrainian). AgroNews. 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
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