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Yuliya Lyovochkina
Юлія Льовочкіна
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
23 November 2007 – 1 December 2022
Personal details
Born (1977-02-17) 17 February 1977 (age 47)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine)
Political partyPlatform for Life and Peace
Other political
affiliations
Alma mater

Yuliya Volodymyrivna Lyovochkina (Ukrainian: Юлія Володимирівна Льовочкіна; born 17 February 1977) is a Ukrainian politician who was a People's Deputy, having served in the Verkhovna Rada from 2007 to 2022. Formerly a member of the Party of Regions, Opposition Bloc, and Opposition Platform — For Life, she is a member of Platform for Life and Peace.

Early life and career

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Lyovochkina was born on 17 February 1977, the daughter of Volodymyr Lyovochkin and sister of Serhiy Lyovochkin.[1][2] She graduated from the Faculty of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 1999. A year later, she graduated from the University of Manitoba with a degree in economics. From 2001 to 2007, she worked as an analyst in the banking sector. She also chaired the supervisory board of one of the regional food conglomerates.[2]

Political career

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In 2007, Lyovochkina was placed on the 105th place on the national list of the Party of Regions, then she obtained a parliamentary mandate. In 2012, she successfully ran for re-election in the single-seat constituency of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. In April 2014, she left the PR faction, and in September of that year joined the Opposition Bloc,[2] a party of Euromaidan opponents, which was initiated by her brother. On behalf of this party, in October 2014 she was elected to the Verkhovna Rada for the third time in a row.[3] She was also elected to parliament in 2019, this time representing the Opposition Platform – For Life.[4] On 30 November 2022, she resigned from her mandate.[5] Her resignation was accepted the following day.[6]

Personal life

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Lyovochkina was married to Arseniy Novikov with whom she has a son and a daughter from her first marriage.[2] On 10 June 2014, she gave birth to her second daughter from Andriy Vinhranovskyi.[7] On 7 April 2016, she gave birth to twin sons.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Как живется «папиным дочкам»-Комментарии". 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Левочкина Юлия Владимировна". liga.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Serwis CVK – Wybory 2014" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Serwis CVK – Wybory 2019" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Нардеп від ОПЗЖ Льовочкіна написала заяву про складання мандату". rbc.ua (in Ukrainian). 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Верховна Рада підтримала припинення повноважень Льовочкіної". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Нардеп Лёвочкина стала мамой". Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Юлия Левочкина родила двойню". segodnya.ua. 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.