Yuriy Pavlenko

Yuriy Oleksiiovych Pavlenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Олексійович Павленко) is a Ukrainian politician and administrator, and former children's ombudsman of Ukraine.

Yuriy Pavlenko in 2012

Biography

Born in Kyiv in 1975, Pavlenko studied history at Ukrainian Humanitarian Lyceum and then at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv before undertaking a Master of Public Administration degree at the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration. He took a Ph.D. in 2010.[1]

In 1999 Pavlenko became chairman of the Youth Party of Ukraine.[2][3] He was elected a People's Deputy in the 2002 parliamentary election for the Our Ukraine Bloc. In 2005 he became a member of the People's Union "Our Ukraine" party.[2] Pavlenko was reelected in 2006 and 2007 as an Our Ukraine Bloc candidate.[1][4][5]

Pavlenko served as Minister for Family, Youth and Sport in the First Tymoshenko Government, the Yekhanurov Government, briefly in the Alliance of National Unity government[6] and again in the Second Tymoshenko Government. From 2005 to 2007 Pavlenko was Ukraine's State Representative in the UNICEF Executive Board.[1] From 26 December 2006 till 17 October 2007 Pavlenko was the (appointed) Governor of Zhytomyr Oblast.[2][7] From 25 May to 24 October 2007 Pavlenko was a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.[2]

In August 2011 Pavlenko was appointed by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to the position of 'Authorized representative of the President of Ukraine for Children's Rights', or children's ombudsman.[1][8] Pavlenko said that this was done with the consent of the previous President, and leader of his party, Viktor Yushchenko.[8]

On 24 February 2014 Pavlenko was dismissed as children's ombudsman by a decree of acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov .[9]

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Pavlenko was again re-elected into parliament; this time after placing 24th on the electoral list of Opposition Bloc.[10][11]

Pavlenko was re-elected, placed 22nd on the party list of Opposition Platform — For Life this time, in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[12]

Pavlenko is the first cousin of Ukrainian singer Maria Burmaka.

References

1. Profile Archived August 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine on the website of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine
2. (in Ukrainian) Павленко Юрій Олексійович Персоналии, Центр политической информации "Дата"
3. Павленко Юрій Олексійович.Біографія, Novynar
4. Bezsmertnyi: All ministers from Our Ukraine party have resigned, UNIAN, 19 October 2006
5. Pavlenko to occupy Baloha's place in OU-PSD electoral list, UNIAN, 1 August 2007
6. VR dismissed Pavlenko, UNIAN (29 November 2006)
7. Keywords:Yuriy Pavlenko, UNIAN
8. (in Russian) Павленко заявляет о поддержке Ющенко его назначения детским омбудсменом, Korrespondent (12 August 2011)
9. (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
10. Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament Archived November 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
    People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC Archived November 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
11. (in Ukrainian) Full electoral list of Opposition Bloc, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 September 2014)
12. https://espreso.tv/article/2019/07/29/velyka_ridnya_2019_khto_komu_kum_brat_syn_i_donka_u_noviy_verkhovniy_radi