Halyna Yanchenko

Halyna Ihorivna Yanchenko (Ukrainian: Галина Ігорівна Янченко; born 29 April 1988[2]) a Ukrainian anti-corruption activist, politician and People's Deputy of Ukraine.[3] She was in elected to parliament in 2019 as number 9 of the election list of Servant of the People. She left the party in December 2022.[4]

Halyna Yanchenko
Галина Янченко
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
29 August 2019[1]
Personal details
Born
Halyna Ihorivna Yanchenko

(1988-04-29) 29 April 1988
Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
Servant of the People
EducationNational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Stanford University
Occupationanti-corruption activist
politician

From January, 2022 Halyna Yanchenko is a Secretary of the Office of the National Investment Council of Ukraine.[5]

Biography

Yanchenko was schooled in Ukraine, but also attended the Wichita Falls High School in Texas for one year.[6] She earned a Master’s Degree in Sociology from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.[6][7]

Graduated from Stanford University in 2023 on the Fisher Family Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development Program, organized by the Center for Democracy, Development and Rule of Law (CDDRL).

Early political career

In 2008 Yanchenko became head of the local Kyiv branch of the party Democratic Alliance.[8] From 2014 to 2015, she was a member of the Kyiv City Council for Democratic Alliance.[9][8]

Parliamentary service

Yanchenko was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019 as number 9 of the election list of Servant of the People political party.[10][8] Deputy Head of the Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy at the Verkhovna Rada.[11] Yanchenko also co-chaired German-Ukrainian interparliamentary friendship group.[12]

Yanchenko left the parliamentary faction of Servant of the People on 19 December 2022 in protest of the behavior of party leader Olena Shuliak.[13]

Fighting corruption

Yanchenko has been chairing the NABU Public Oversight Council.[14] After his election as President of Ukraine in 2019, Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced Yanchenko as a member of "his team" responsible for "anti-corruption policy and digital decisions".[8]

Government investment work

President Zelenskyy tapped her to lead government investment efforts. In January 2022 she was appointed a Secretary in the Office of the National Investment Council of Ukraine.[5] In addition, she chairs the Temporary Special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada on protecting investor rights.[15]

Training at Stanford

In mid 2023, the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University selected Yanchenko as one of six Ukrainians to participate in their new ten-week training program for Ukrainian practitioners and policymakers.[6] This program, called "Strengthening Ukrainian Democracy and Development" (SU-DD) enrolls mid-career practitioners working on concrete projects that strengthen Ukrainian democracy, enhance human development, and promote good governance.

Awards

2021 – «Statesman of the Year» award, winner in the nomination «The Best Business Initiative in the Public Sphere 2021» from the Kyiv School of Public Administration by Serhiy Nyzhny.

2021 - Honorary award of the I degree of NAAU (National Association of Advocates of Ukraine)

2021 - Special award from CEO Club Ukraine «On protection of the interests of Ukrainian business».

2020 - Thanks from the National Association of Advocates of Ukraine «For significant contribution to the development and strengthening the advocacy institution, high professionalism and active cooperation with lawyers of Ukraine».

See also

References
  1. The first session of the Verkhovna Rada of the IXth convocation, August 29, 2019, UNIAN Photobank (29 August 2019)
  2. "Янченко Галина Ігорівна". Central Election Commission (in Ukrainian). Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  3. "ПОЛІТИЧНА ПАРТІЯ СЛУГА НАРОДУ". October 21, 2019.
  4. "Народна депутатка написала заяву про вихід із партії "Слуга народу" через вчинок голови фракції". ТСН.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-12-19. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  5. "DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE №8 / 2022 documents". January 11, 2022. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022.
  6. Sulots, Nora (August 21, 2023). "Empowering Ukrainian Democracy: Innovative Training Program Nurtures Projects for Recovery and Development". Stanford University Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
  7. "Список депутатів від партії "Cлуга Народу"". sluga-narodu.com (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  8. "Small biography of Halyna Ihorivna Yanchenko". Civil movement "Chesno" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  9. "5 Ukraine's public anti-corruption initiatives that can inspire you". UkraineWorld. July 22, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  10. "Some 254 MPs enter Rada from Servant of the People, 124 MPs from other parties, 46 MPs self-appointed". Interfax-Ukraine. July 26, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  11. "Prep group frames Rada committees' front office". Verkhovna Rada. August 28, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  12. "Голова міжпарламентської групи дружби України з Німеччиною". July 5, 2020.
  13. "Yanchenko leaves the "Servant of the People" through the analysis of the leader of the Shulyak party with a wounded fighter". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 19 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  14. "Yanchenko Halyna". Yalta European Strategy. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  15. "The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has Created a Special Commission for Investors Protection. What will it work on?". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
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