| Robert Horvat | |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Office: | People's Deputy of Ukraine |
| Term Start: | 27 November 2014 |
| Constituency: | Zakarpattia Oblast, No. 68 |
| Birth Date: | 17 February 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Turi Remety, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Party: | Independent |
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| Alma Mater: | Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics |
Robert Ivanovych Horvat (Ukrainian: Роберт Іванович Горват; born 17 February 1969) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 68th electoral district since 2014.[1] A member of Dovira, Horvat is chairman of the Subcommittee on Legal Support of Customs Bodies of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy.[2] He is also co-chair of the group for inter-parliamentary relations with the Czech Republic[3] and head of the group for inter-parliamentary relations with Egypt.
In 2009, Horvat graduated from the Uzhhorod Training Center of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics and received a full higher education in "Accounting and Auditing".
A member of the Dovira parliamentary group,[4] Horvat was previously a member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction.
Horvat and three other Dovira faction members (Valerii Lunchenko, Vasyl Petiovka and Vladislav Poliak[5]) developed the local Zakarpattia Oblast party Native Zakarpattia.[6] This party won 12 of the 64 seats in the Zakarpattia Oblast Council during the 2020 Ukrainian local elections.[7]
In 2016-2019, Horvat developed a scheme to seize 323 hectares of land used by a state-owned enterprise, causing the state losses of UAH 123 million.[8] In November 2023, the High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a pre-trial restraint on Horvat with bail set at UAH 27 million.[9]