Liubov Shpak

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Liubov Shpak
Любов Шпак
Official portrait, 2019
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
29 August 2019
Preceded byOleh Petrenko [uk]
ConstituencyCherkasy Oblast, No. 194
Personal details
Born (1980-09-19) 19 September 1980 (age 43)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partyServant of the People
Other political
affiliations
Independent
Alma materCherkasy State Technological University

Liubov Oleksandrivna Shpak (Ukrainian: Любов Олександрівна Шпак; born 19 August 1980) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 194th electoral district, consisting of the city of Cherkasy. She is a member of Servant of the People.

Early life and career[edit]

Liubov Oleksandrivna Shpak was born on 19 August 1980 in the city of Kyiv, then under the Soviet Union. She graduated from the Cherkasy State Technological University as a doctor of economic sciences. Afterwards, she worked as an associate professor at the East European University of Economics and Management, serving as head of the finance department of the university before becoming the university's rector.[1]

Shpak co-founded the "21st Century" charitable fund, operating in Cherkasy Oblast.[1]

Political career[edit]

Shpak ran in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election as the candidate of Servant of the People in Ukraine's 194th electoral district, consisting of the city of Cherkasy.[1] She was ultimately successful, winning 41.27% of the vote compared to 11.19% of the vote by the next-closest candidate, Viktor Yevpak of Holos.[2]

In the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament), Shpak is a member of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on issues of budget.[3] According to analytical portal Slovo i Dilo, as of March 2021 she had fulfilled 3, or 9%, of her electoral promises.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Шпак Любов Олександрівна" [Shpak, Liubov Oleksandrivna]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі №194" [Information about counting of voters' votes in single-mandate district No. 194]. Central Election Commission (Ukraine) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Шпак Любов Олександрівна" [Shpak, Liubov Oleksandrivna]. Chesno (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Мажоритарники Черкаської області: хто найкраще виконує обіцянки" [Majoritarians of Cherkasy Oblast: Who best fulfils their promises?]. Slovo i Dilo (in Ukrainian). 10 March 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2022.