| Yuliya Lyovochkina | |
| Office: | People's Deputy of Ukraine |
| Term Start: | 23 November 2007 |
| Term End: | 1 December 2022 |
| Birth Date: | 17 February 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine) |
| Party: | Platform for Life and Peace |
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.
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]
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, 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]
Lyovochkina was married to Arseniy Novikov with whom she has a son and a daughter from her first marriage. 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]