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Stepan Ivakhiv
Степан Івахів
Official portrait, 2019
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
12 December 2012
Preceded byConstituency established
ConstituencyVolyn Oblast, No. 21
Personal details
Born (1968-01-24) 24 January 1968 (age 56)
Andriyivka, Krasne hromada [uk], Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partyFor the Future
Other political
affiliations
Independent

Stepan Petrovych Ivakhiv (Template:Lang-uk; born 24 January 1968) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine representing Ukraine's 21st electoral district as a member of For the Future since 2019, having previously represented the district as an independent since 2012. He is co-owner of the Continuum FIG and the WOG gas station network, and is among the 100 richest people in Ukraine.

Biography

He was born on 24 January 1968, in the village of Andriyivka, Busk district, Lviv Oblast.

In 1992, he graduated from the Rivne Institute of Water Management.

Business activity

Founder and co-owner of FIG "Continuum".

As of 2019, Ivakhiv's fortune is estimated at $93 million.[1]

Political activity

In 2010 he was elected a deputy of the Volyn regional council in a multi-member constituency on the electoral list of the Volyn regional organization of the Party of Regions. Member of the Standing Committee on International Cooperation, Foreign Economic Relations and Investment.[2]

In the 2012 parliamentary election, he ran for the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) as a self-nominated candidate in Ukraine's 21st electoral district (Kovel, Kovel, Ratniv, Starovyzhiv, Shatsk districts) and won, receiving more than 37% of the vote and less than one percent ahead of Ihor Huz.

On 1 November 2018, he was included in the sanctions list of Russia.

On 29 August 2019, he joined the For the Future faction in the Verkhovna Rada.[3]

Since 29 August 2019, Ivakhiv is First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management.[4] Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Czech Republic since 19 November 2019.[5] Since 18 December 2019, a member of the group for inter-parliamentary relations with Sweden.[6] Member of the Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Slovenia since 18 December 2019.[7] He has been a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Relations Group with Canada since 15 October 2019.

References

  1. ^ "Івахів Степан Петрович - биография, досье, компромат, рейтинг, новости - Досьє - Останні новини - Forbes Україна". Archived from [forbes.net.ua/ua/persons/316-ivahiv-stepan-petrovich the original] on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  2. ^ "deputat.volyn.ua". deputat.volyn.ua. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 17 January 2022.