Yaroslav Markevych
| Yaroslav Markevych | |
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Assumed office 27 November 2014 | |
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| Born |
December 3, 1973 Kamin-Rybolov, Khankaysky district, Primorsky krai, Russia |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | Samopomich Union |
Yaroslav Volodymyrovych Markevych (born December 3, 1973) is a Ukrainian politician, businessman, activist, former soldier in the Donbas Battalion, Member of Parliament of Ukraine of the 8th convocation from Samopmich Union. Member of the Parliamentary Budget Committee.[1]
Biography
Yaroslav Markevych was born in Kamin-Rybolov, a village in Khankaysky district in Primorsky Krai, Russia. He studied at the Institute of the Social Development, on the faculty of Legal Support of the Financial Activities of the Enterprise. In 1992 started working as a lawyer in private trade house. In 1993-1995 worked as a Deputy Director of the private scientific-producing firm PRINT. In 1996 was a press-secretary at AT STANK. Until his election to Ukrainian parliament he has worked as manager, deputy head of the company in the number of private companies.[2]
In 2005 started working with Viktor Yushchenko's party Nasha Ukraina, taking the post of the Head of the Executive Committee of the Kharkiv city party organisation, from 2008 - the Oblast party organisation. Since 2000 he was the president of the civic organisation East Ukrainian Fund of Democracy Development.[3]
In 2004 was the consultant on pre-elections issues to OSCE.
Markevych is married and has two children.