Oleksii Zhmerenetskyi | |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Office: | People's Deputy of Ukraine |
Term Start: | 29 August 2019 |
Constituency: | Khmelnytskyi Oblast, No. 190 |
Birth Date: | 28 October 1986 |
Birth Place: | Ukhta, Komi ASSR, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
Party: | Servant of the People |
Otherparty: | Independent |
Alma Mater: | Khmelnytskyi National University, National Academy for Public Administration |
Oleksii Serhiiovych Zhmerenetskyi (Ukrainian: Олексій Сергійович Жмеренецький IPA: olekˈsʲij ʒmereˈnetsʲkɪj; born 28 October 1986) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 9th convocation.[1] He was elected to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) from Ukraine's 190th electoral district, as the candidate of Servant of the People.[2]
In addition to being a member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy, Zhmerenetskyi is also Chairman of the Subcommittee on Anti-Corruption Policy in the Sphere of Digital Innovations and Public Data, Co-chairman of the group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Lebanon, Chairman of the Blockchain4Ukraine Inter-factional Parliamentary Association, and co-chairman of the Equal Opportunities Inter-Factional Parliamentary Association.[3]
Zhmerenetskyi became an assistant-consultant to the People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 6th convocation, Volodymyr Kaplienko in 2012.[4] As a deputy director of state enterprise in the framework of National Projects, in 2013–2014, he oversaw the creation of free economic zones, industrial and technological parks.[5]
From 2015 to 2019 he coordinated the Kolo Charitable Foundation as its deputy chairman and Coordinator.[6]
In February 2021 in the context of Serhii Sternenko's case, he signed a statement demanding judicial reform in Ukraine.[7]
Zhmerenetskyi was ranked 28th in the ranking of TOP-100 promising Ukrainian politicians in 2021.[8]