Vladimir Bidyovka
Vladimir Anatoliyevich Bidyovka (Ukrainian: Володимир Анатолійович Бідьовка, Russian: Владимир Анатольевич Бидёвка; born 7 March 1981) is a politician from the Donbas region, who currently serves as Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) since 2018.[1] Prior to the conflict in the east Ukraine region, after which he supported DPR independence, he served as a lawmaker in the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada between 2012 and 2014.
Vladimir Bidyovka | |
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Владимир Бидёвка | |
Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic | |
In office 20 November 2018 – 20 September 2023 | |
Preceded by | Denis Pushilin Olga Makeeva (acting) |
Succeeded by | Artem Zhoga |
People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
7th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada | |
In office 2012–2014 | |
Constituency | No. 18 |
Member of the Donetsk Oblast Council | |
In office 2010–2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Makiyivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now disputed) | 7 March 1981
Political party | Donetsk Republic (since 2015) Communist Party of Ukraine (until 2015) |
Biography
Bidyovka was born on 7 March 1981 in Makiyivka, Ukraine.[2] He was a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine until 2015.[3] He represented the party from 2010 to 2012 as a member of Donetsk Regional Council and in 2012 represented it as an MP.[4] After failing to gain a seat in the 2014 election, he moved to regions controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic, where he was elected to its legislature in November 2014.[4] He replaced Olga Makeeva as Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic on 20 November 2018.[5] Bidyovka was also on a list of persons designated by the European Union as being involved in illegal elections and had financial sanctions imposed against.[6][7]
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- "UKRAINE SANCTIONS (NO.2) ORDER 2014". Gibraltar Laws. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2020.