Iryna Vereshchuk

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Iryna Andriivna Vereshchuk
Ірина Андріївна Верещук
Iryna Vereshchuk KMU.jpg
Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories
Assumed office
4 November 2021
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byOleksii Reznikov
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
29 August 2019 – 4 November 2021
Personal details
Born (1979-11-30) 30 November 1979 (age 42)
Rava-Ruska, Ukrainian SSR
Political partyServant of the People
EducationLviv Polytechnic

Iryna Andriivna Vereshchuk (Ukrainian: Ірина Андріївна Верещук; (born on November 30, 1979, in Rava-Ruska) is a Ukrainian social activist, politician, and former People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 9th convocation.[1] On November 4, 2021, Vereshchuk was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister for Reintegration of Temporary Occupied Territories.

Early life and education[]

Vereshchuk was born on November 30, 1979[2] in Rava-Ruska, Nesterovskyi (now Zhovkva) Raion, Lviv Oblast. In 1997 she finished Rava-Ruska secondary school with honour (Gold Medal). From 1997 to 2002, she studied at the Military Institute at Lviv Polytechnic,[3] which she graduated from with a speciality of “International Information”. From 2002 to 2006, she studied at the Law Faculty of the University of Lviv,[3] where she majored in Law. From 2008 to 2010, Vereshchuk studied at Lviv Region Institute of State Administration of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine.[4] In accordance with her academic results, in summer of 2009 she underwent an internship at the Cabinet Office of Ukraine, and then was added to the employee pool of Ukraine’s Cabinet. In 2011, she became a post graduate student at the Lviv Region Institute of State Administration of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. On November 11, 2015, she defended a thesis on the topic: "Organizational and Legal Mechanism for Improving the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Ukraine" (using reforms conducted by Poland as an example) and received a degree of Candidate of Science in State Management.[3]

Career and political activity[]

After graduating from Military School, Vereshchuk served as an officer in the Ukrainian Army for five years.[3] From May 2007 to June 2008, she worked as a lawyer at Rava-Ruska City Council.

From June to October, 2010, she was deputy head of Zhovkva Region[5] State Administration on humanitarian issues and foreign policy.

She was elected major of Rava-Ruska on October 30, 2010.[3] At the time she was the youngest female mayor in Ukraine.[3] She governed the city for five years.[3]

Vereshchuk was a candidate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. As an independent candidate she gained 4.46% of the votes (6th place) in Ukraine's 122nd electoral district (centred in Yavoriv) and lost the election to Volodymyr Parasyuk (who won with 56.56% of the votes).[2][6]

On February 17, 2015, she left her post as mayor of Rava-Ruska due to what she called constant pressure from “pseudopatriots”.[7]

During 2015-2016, Vereshchuk studied in Poland under the , she researched Poland's experience of decentralization.[3]

In April 2016, Vereshchuk became President of the International Center for Baltic and Black Sea Studies and Consensus Practices.[3] She headed it until 2019.[3]

Since September, 2017, she is a PhD (docent) of the Department of Political Sciences of the National Pedagogical Drahomanov University.

In 2019, Vereshchuk was elected a People's Deputy of Ukraine[2] in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election[8] for Servant of the People as number 29 on its election list.[2][9] In parliament she became Chairperson of the Sub-committee on National Security and Defense of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence. From September 4 to November 15, 2019, she was a representative of the government at the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament). She relinquished these duties in November 2019.[3][10]

Vereshchuk was the candidate of Servant of the People for the post of Mayor of Kyiv in the 2020 Kyiv local election set for 25 October 2020.[11][12] An August 2020 Razumkov Centre poll predicted that she would gain 5% to 6% of the votes.[13] A poll conducting by Rating, also in August, showed that 9.4% of voters intended to vote for her, making Vereshchuk the third most popular candidate after showman Serhiy Prytula (11.6%) and incumbent mayor Vitaly Klichko (41.7%).[14] A September 2020 poll by Rating stated that 6.9% of voters intended to vote for her.[15] Meaning Vereshchuk stayed the third most popular candidate after Prytula (9.8%) and Klichko (43.6%).[15] According to early exit polls, Vereshchuk came forth in the election after securing 8% of the votes.[16] The Kyiv City Territorial Election Commission announced on 6 November that in the election she had received 39,321 votes, securing fifth place and losing the election to incumbent mayor Klitschko who was re-elected in the first round of the election with 50.52% of the votes, 365,161 people had voted for him.[17] Eventually the official results placed Vereshchuk in fifth place with 39,321, finishing (also) behind Oleksiy Kucherenko of Batkivshchyna with his 45,823 votes and being closely followed by who gained 38,360 votes.[17] Klitschko was re-elected with 50.52% of the votes.[17]

On November 4, 2021, Vereshchuk was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister for Reintegration of Temporary Occupied Territories.[18]

Political positions[]

Vereshchuk stated in 2013 that she wished Ukraine had a President akin to Russian President Vladimir Putin.[19] She claimed she would vote for him because "He does good for Russia."[19]

In 2018 Vereshchuk spoke out against the lionizing of Ukrainian nationalistic idol Stepan Bandera by "Manipulative politicians who wear embroidered shirts."[19] She claimed "it should be understood that this historical figure will never find a place in the Ukrainian pantheon of heroes."[19]

Prior to becoming the candidate of Servant of the People for the post of Mayor of Kyiv in the 2020 Kyiv local election Vereshchuk stated that then incumbent mayor Vitaly Klichko was "a good mayor."[19] After her nomination she insinuated that Klichko should "better understood both the people and their troubles."[19]

Personal life[]

Vereshchuk is married (second marriage) and has a son and a stepson.[20][19]

Awards[]

  • Certificate of recognition and the Certificate of Merit awarded by Ukraine’s Cabinet Office,
  • The Order of St. Varvara,
  • The Order of St. Pochaiv God’s Mother,
  • The Order of St. Nicholas.
  • Jubilee Medal of "Twenty Years of Ukraine’s Independence".[21]

References[]

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  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k (in Ukrainian) Ze! Candidate against Klitschko. Who is Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukrayinska Pravda (17 July 2020)
  4. ^ "ГОЛОВНЕ". academy.gov.ua. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  5. ^ "Жовківська районна рада - вітаємо на офіційному веб-сайті". zhovkivska-rayrada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  6. ^ "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
  7. ^ "В ЕС впереди Януковича: Кто такая скандальная Ирина Верещук, постпред Кабмина в Верховной Раде – Depo.ua". www.depo.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-08-24.
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  9. ^ "Політична партія "Слуга Народу"". sluga-narodu.com.
  10. ^ "Кабінет Міністрів України - Уряд призначив Ірину Верещук представницею у Парламенті". www.kmu.gov.ua.
  11. ^ (in Ukrainian) "Servant of the people" chose a candidate for mayor of Kyiv, Ukrayinska Pravda (16 July 2020)
  12. ^ Rada appoints next elections to local self-govt bodies for Oct 25, Interfax-Ukraine (15 July 2020)
  13. ^ (in Ukrainian) Local elections 2020: review of the election campaign (August 10-22, 2020), Ukrayinska Pravda (24 August 2020)
  14. ^ "Суспільно-політичні настрої киян". ratinggroup.ua. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  15. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Kyiv mayoral election: Prytula is second in the ranking after Klitschko, Ukrayinska Pravda (15 September 2020)
  16. ^ "Exit-poll of Rating sociological group: Udar and European Solidarity run first in election to Kyiv City Council". 112.international. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  17. ^ a b c Vitali Klitschko wins in first round of Kyiv mayor election, Ukrinform (6 November 2020)
  18. ^ "Vereshchuk appointed Ukraine's deputy prime minister". www.ukrinform.net. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g (in Ukrainian) Battle for Kyiv. Life, career, promises of Klitschko, Vereshchuk, Palchevsky and others, Ukrayinska Pravda (15 September 2020)
  20. ^ Gazeta.ua (2014-07-01). ""Деякі мрії не збуваються, щоб не було боляче", - Ірина ВЕРЕЩУК, 34 роки, мер Рави-Руської". Gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  21. ^ "Указ Президента України від 1 грудня 2011 року № 1093/2011 "Про нагородження відзнакою Президента України — ювілейною медаллю "20 років незалежності України""". Офіційний сайт Президента України (in Ukrainian)..

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