Oleksandr Kornienko

Oleksandr Serhiyovych Kornienko (Ukrainian: Олександр Сергійович Корнієнко; born 12 May 1984[2]) is a Ukrainian politician, business coach and development consultant.[3] He is one of the leading members of Servant of the People political party.[4] Kornienko was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019.[5]

Oleksandr Kornienko
Олександр Корнієнко
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
29 August 2019
Leader of Servant of the People
Assumed office
10 November 2019[1]
Preceded byDmytro Razumkov
Personal details
Born
Oleksandr Serhiyovych Kornienko

(1984-05-12) 12 May 1984
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyServant of the People
EducationIgor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
Wiesbaden Academy for Psychotherapy
Occupationbusiness coach
development consultant

Biography

Kornienko received his education at the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (2001-2007) and studied at the Wiesbaden Academy for Psychotherapy (Germany, 2008-2010).[6][3]

Kornienko worked as a journalist from 2001 until 2006.[3] Between 2005 and 2008 and again from 2011 to 2013 he was the concert director and manager of the Ukrainian rock band Krykhitka.[3] Since 2005 Kornienko worked in youth orientated NGO's.[3] Kornienko is one of the founders and leaders of the Initiative Youth Union organization.[3] From 2010 to 2019 he worked as a business coach and development consultant.[3]

In 2006 Kornienko started a career as political counsellor during election campaigns with various forces and candidates.[3] During the 2015 Ukrainian local elections he worked at the headquarters mayoral candidate of Mykolaiv Oleksandr Senkevych for the party Self Reliance.[3] Senkevych was elected Mayor.[7] Kornienko served as the national coordinator for Volodymyr Zelenskiy's 2019 presidential campaign and reprised this role for the party Servant of the People in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[8] Kornienko was elected to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election as number 7 on the candidate list of Servant of the People.[5][3] On 10 November 2019 Kornienko was elected head of this party.[1]

Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning.

See also
  • List of members of the parliament of Ukraine, 2019–24

References
  1. Razumkov resigns as head of Zelensky’s party, new leader elected, KyivPost (10 November 2019)
  2. "Корнієнко Олександр Сергійович". Central Election Commission (in Ukrainian). Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  3. (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short biography of Oleksandr Kornienko, LIGA
  4. "Zelensky preparing address to new parliament". UNIAN. August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  5. "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 August 23, 2019.
  6. "Список депутатів від партії "Cлуга Народу"". sluga-narodu.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  7. Mayors of Mykolayiv, Ivano-Frankivsk become known after elections, Ukrinform (16 November 2015)
  8. "Kornienko Heads Servant Of The People Electoral HQ". Ukrainian News Agency. May 27, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
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