Olena Yevhenivna Kopanchuk (Ukrainian: Олена Євгенівна Копанчук; born 1 November 1978) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 189th electoral district as a member of Servant of the People since 29 August 2019.[1] She is also chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Budget Committee.

Olena Kopanchuk
Олена Копанчук
Kopanchuk in 2019
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
29 August 2019
Preceded byAndriy Shynkovych [uk]
ConstituencyKhmelnytskyi Oblast, No. 189
Personal details
Born (1978-11-01) 1 November 1978 (age 45)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partyServant of the People

Biography

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Kopanchuk was the candidate of Servant of the People in Ukraine's 189th electoral district during the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election. She was elected.[2]

Co-chair of the group for interparliamentary relations with the Principality of Monaco.

Kopanchuk has been criticised by the anti-corruption non-governmental organisation Chesno for gross violations of the rules of procedure of the Verkhovna Rada and the Constitution of Ukraine, such as an instance of piano voting instead of Viacheslav Rublyov during the vote on the bill amending the law "On building codes".[3] In connection with the violation of the regulations, as a punishment she promised to give her monthly salary to charitable foundations.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Центральна виборча комісія - Вибори народних депутатів України 2019". cvk.gov.ua. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. ^ ""Слуга народу" представила мажоритарників у 23 областях і Києві". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Рух ЧЕСНО виявив у "Слузі народу" ще одного кнопкодава". www.chesno.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Ціна кнопкодавства для "слуг": скільки довелося віддати Литвиненку та Копанчук". www.chesno.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 28 December 2021.