Oleksiy Vasylovych Movchan (Ukrainian: Олексій Васильович Мовчан; born 12 February 1994) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine representing Ukraine's 150th electoral district from Servant of the People since 2019.
Oleksiy Movchan | |
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Олексій Мовчан | |
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| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office 29 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Kostyantyn Zhevago |
| Constituency | Poltava Oblast, No. 150 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1994 Kremenchuk, Ukraine |
| Political party | Servant of the People |
| Other political affiliations | Independent |
| Alma mater | |
Early life and career
editOleksiy Vasylovych Movchan was born on 2 December 1994 in the city of Kremenchuk, in Ukraine's Poltava Oblast. He is a graduate of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (specialising in finance and credit), the Ukrainian Catholic University (specialising in public administration), and the Kyiv School of Economics (specialising in public administration).[1]
Prior to being election, Movchan was deputy head of Prozorro for project and programme management from 2017 to 2019. He is also a member of the Club of Young Reformers non-governmental organisation, as well as founder of the Pryntsyp NGO. He was a semi-finalist of the Open Data Challenge, as well as a participant in the "New Leaders" programme on the ICTV channel.
Political career
editIn the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Movchan ran to be a People's Deputy of Ukraine in Ukraine's 150th electoral district as the candidate of Servant of the People. At the time of the election, he was an independent.[2] He was successfully elected, defeating independent incumbent Kostyantyn Zhevago with 42.54% of the vote to Zhevago's 23.72%.[3] Movchan's election was significant for marking Zhevago's first electoral defeat since first becoming a People's Deputy in the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[4]
In the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament), Movchan joined the Servant of the People faction and became a member of the Verkhovna Rada Economic Development Committee. He is also a member of the inter-factional associations "Ukrainians in the World", ECONOMICS.NOW, and For Accelerated Eurointegration of Ukrainian Businesses.[2]
Movchan acquired significant media attention when he hired Valeria Hrytsenko, a 24 year-old dancer, as his assistant.[5] After information about Hrytsenko's resume were acquired by Ukrainian news organisations, Hrytsenko deleted the information, saying, "[W]hen I started working in the organisational field and as an assistant to a deputy of the Kyiv Oblast Council, I had already forgotten about those sites, and did not pay attention to the fact that my resumes remained there." Movchan defended his choice in assistants, noting that he knew her from their shared background in Kremenchuk, as well as her active interest in working as an assistant.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Мовчан Олексій Васильович" [Movchan, Oleksiy Vasylovych]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Мовчан Олексій Васильович" [Movchan, Oleksiy Vasylovych]. Chesno (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі №150" [Information about counting of voters' votes in single-mandate electoral district No. 150]. Central Election Commission (Ukraine) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Мільярдер Жеваго втрачає мандат після 21 року в Раді" [Millionaire Zhevago loses mandate after 21 years in Rada]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Депутат від "Слуги народу" Мовчан взяв у помічники танцівницю і весільного адміністратора" [Servant of the People deputy Movchan hired dancer and wedding administrator as assistant]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 26 September 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Помічниця нардепа Мовчана пояснила, чому підчистила інформацію в інтернеті" [Assistant to People's Deputy Movchan explains why she scrubbed information from internet]. Chesno (in Ukrainian). 3 October 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2023.