Lesia Vasylenko Explained

Lesia Vasylenko
Native Name Lang:uk
Office:People's Deputy of Ukraine
Term Start:29 August 2019
Birth Name:Lesia Volodymyrivna Vasylenko
Birth Date:31 March 1987[1]
Birth Place:Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Father:Volodymyr Vasylenko
Children:3
Occupation:Lawyer, politician
Party:Holos (2019–present)
Alma Mater:Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

University College London

Lesia Volodymyrivna Vasylenko (Ukrainian: Леся Володимирівна Василенко; born March 31, 1987) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada. Vasylenko is a member of the Ukrainian permanent delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union's Bureau of Women Parliamentarians. She is the founder of, a human rights non-governmental organization that provides assistance to servicemen and veterans.

Early life and education

Vasylenko was born in Kyiv to Volodymyr Vasylenko, a human rights activist. She completed a master's degree in international law at the of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and an LL.M. at University College London.[2]

Career

Vasylenko worked as a corporate lawyer. At the beginning of the Euromaidan revolution in 2013, she protested frequently at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti. After visiting a hospital during the war in Donbas in June 2014, Vasylenko learned that wounded soldiers were unaware of their rights to compensation. Many of the soldiers she spoke with struggled to pay for their medical treatments. In January 2015, she founded, a human rights non-governmental organization that provides assistance to servicemen and veterans.[3] In 2016, Vasylenko was named by the Kyiv Post as one of the top 30 young under-30 leaders.[4]

In June 2019, it was announced that Vasylenko and Oleksandra Ustinova would be joining the Holos party.[5] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Vasylenko was elected a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada.[6] [7] [8] She is a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management.[9] Vasylenko is a member of the permanent delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.[10] Vasylenko is a member of the Ukrainian parliamentary delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union[11] where she serves as president of its Bureau of Women Parliamentarians.[12] She is co-chair of the interparliamentary relations group to the United Kingdom.[13] On 12 December 2019, Vasylenko joined, an inter-factional association to promote humanistic values and prevent cruelty to animals.[14]

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vasylenko armed herself with several guns to protect her family.[15] She said on 26 February 2022 that the Russian military was targeting Ukrainian civilians to make the country surrender.[16] On 1 March, Vasylenko evacuated her three children from her home in Kyiv. On 4 March, she said the invasion was the start of World War III.[17]

Vasylenko became one of the initiators of the international #unrussiaUN[18] campaign aimed at excluding Russia from the UN.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Василенко Леся Володимирівна . Vasylenko Lesia Volodymyrivna . 25 March 2022 . lb.ua . uk . 25 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220325024153/https://lb.ua/file/person/4662_vasilenko_lesya_volodimirivna.html . live .
  2. Web site: Romanenko . Maria . 1 December 2016 . Lesia Vasylenko: NGO gives free legal aid to soldiers, and it all started with a trip to a military hospital - Dec. 01, 2016 . 10 March 2022 . KyivPost . 25 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171225180149/https://www.kyivpost.com/special/lesia-vasylenko-ngo-gives-free-legal-aid-soldiers-started-trip-military-hospital.html . live .
  3. News: Sokolenko . Natalia . Tuzov . Dmytro . The number of appeals of anti-terrorist operation soldiers and their families concerning protection of the rights grows, - Lesya Vasylenko . uk . .
  4. Web site: Yakutenko . Anna . 2 December 2016 . Kyiv Post awards Top 30 Under 30 young leaders - Dec. 02, 2016 . 11 March 2022 . KyivPost . 5 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180205224006/https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/kyiv-post-awards-top-30-30-young-leaders.html . live .
  5. Web site: 7 June 2019 . До партії Вакарчука приєднались правозахисниця та громадська активістка . 16 June 2019 . 1NEWS.COM.UA . uk . 8 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190608141105/https://1news.com.ua/ukraine/do-partiyi-vakarchuka-pryyednalys-pravozahysnyczya-ta-gromadska-aktyvistka.html . live .
  6. Web site: Lesia Vasylenko . dead . Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine . uk . 10 March 2022 . 26 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220226224253/https://itd.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/page/21000 .
  7. Web site: Central Election Commission . dead . Ukrainian Central Election Commission . 11 March 2022 . 11 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220311002944/https://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2019/wp407pt001f01=919pf7201=16591.html .
  8. Web site: 28 August 2019 . Парламентські вибори 2019: хто пройшов у Верховну Раду України . New Verkhovna Rada: who went to parliament . 11 March 2022 . 24 Канал . uk . 11 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220311002351/https://24tv.ua/parlamentski_vibori_2019_hto_prohodit_u_verhovnu_radu_spisok_deputativ_n1177395 . live .
  9. Web site: Verkhovna Rada Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management . dead . Verkhovna Rada . 11 March 2022 . 29 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220129232241/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/site2/p_komity_list?pidid=3006 .
  10. Web site: 17 September 2019 . Став відомий склад нової делегації України в ПАРЄ . 11 March 2022 . . uk . 18 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190918055650/https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/news/2019/09/17/7100863/ . live .
  11. Web site: Ukrainian parliamentary delegation took part in the 141st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Belgrade . dead . 11 March 2022 . 25 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220125014332/https://www.rada.gov.ua/print/183172.html .
  12. Web site: Bureau of Women Parliamentarians . 11 March 2022 . Inter-Parliamentary Union . en . 8 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220308002246/https://www.ipu.org/about-ipu/structure-and-governance/governing-council/forum-women-parliamentarians/bureau-women-parliamentarians . live .
  13. Web site: 29 October 2019 . У Верховній Раді створено депутатську групу з міжпарламентських зв'язків зі Сполученим Королівством Великої Британії та Північної Ірландії . A parliamentary group on interparliamentary relations with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been established in the Verkhovna Rada . https://web.archive.org/web/20191204034313/https://rada.gov.ua/news/Novyny/183486.html . 4 December 2019 . Verkhovna Rada . uk.
  14. Web site: 12 December 2019 . Гуманна країна. У Раді створили міжфракційне об'єднання з метою захисту прав тварин . 11 March 2022 . nv.ua . uk . 24 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220224181539/https://nv.ua/ukr/ukraine/politics/rada-zaraz-zahist-prav-tvarin-novini-ukrajini-50058915.html . live .
  15. Web site: Ali . Taz . 2 March 2022 . MP says she has her gun ready as being armed is 'matter of survival' for women in Ukraine . 10 March 2022 . inews.co.uk . en . 9 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309071940/https://inews.co.uk/news/world/ukrainian-mp-gun-firearm-ready-matter-survival-women-russia-invasion-1493862 . live .
  16. Web site: Lovett . Samuel . 26 February 2022 . Russian forces have changed strategy to target civilians, says Ukrainian MP . registration . 10 March 2022 . The Independent . en . 10 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220310000026/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-kyiv-troops-war-latest-b2024027.html . live .
  17. Web site: Frei . Matt . 4 March 2022 . 'The world is already in World War Three', Ukrainian MP says . 10 March 2022 . Channel 4 News . en-GB . 6 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220306234518/https://www.channel4.com/news/the-world-is-already-in-world-war-three-ukrainian-mp-says . live .
  18. 2023-02-24 . Russia Doesn't Belong in the United Nations . 2023-03-03 . Time . en.

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