Olha Stefanishyna

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Olha Stefanyshyna
Ольга Стефанішина
Deputy Prime Minister
for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
Assumed office
4 June 2020
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byVadym Prystaiko
Personal details
Born
Olha Vitaliyivna Stefanyshyna

(1985-10-29) 29 October 1985 (age 38)
Odessa[1]
Political partyUkrainian Strategy of Groysman
EducationTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Odessa National Economics University
Occupationlawyer
civil servant

Olha Vitaliyivna Stefanyshyna (Ukrainian: Ольга Віталіївна Стефанішина; born 29 October 1985[2]) is a Ukrainian lawyer and civil servant. On 4 June 2020, she was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration.[3][4]

Biography

In 2008, she graduated from the Institute of International Relations of the University of Kyiv (in international law and English translator).[1] In 2016, she received a specialist degree in Finance and Credit from Odessa National Economics University.[5][1]

Stefanyshyna (after a short career as legal adviser) became an employee of the Ministry of Justice at the end of 2007.[1]

From March to December 2017, Stefanyshyna worked as the Director of the Government Office for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Cabinet of Ministers Secretariat.[5]

In December 2017, she was appointed Director General of the Government Office for the Coordination of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Secretariat.[5] Stefanyshyna was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Cabinet of Ministers.[5]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Stefanyshyna tried to get elected to parliament as number 25 on the party lisy of Ukrainian Strategy.[2] In this election Ukrainian Strategy failed to win any parliamentary seats gaining 2.41% of the total votes while the election had a 5% election threshold.[6] (The party also failed to win a constituency seat.[7]) After the election she worked for the Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm.[1]

On 4 June 2020 Stefanyshyna was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration in the Shmyhal Government.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e (in Ukrainian) New people in government. Dossier on the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture, Glavcom (4 June 2020)
  2. ^ a b "Стефанішина Ольга Віталіївна". Central Election Commission (in Ukrainian). Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Rada with 255 votes backs appointment of Stefanyshyna as deputy PM for European Integration". Interfax-Ukraine. June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Стефанішина Ольга Віталіївна". dovidka.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Стефанишина Ольга Витальевна". LB.ua (in Russian). Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  6. ^ Servant of the People Party wins 124 mandates on party ticket in Rada elections, Interfax-Ukraine (5 August 2019)
  7. ^ CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
    (in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)

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