Aliona Valeriyivna Babak (, born September 27, 1969) is a Ukrainian politician and former Minister of Regional Development.New Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ)

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(29 August 2019) On 16 January 2020 she announced her resignation. On 4 February 2020 she was formerly dismissed by Parliament (

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). Babak was a member of the Parliament of Ukraine of the 8th convocation, member of parliamentary faction

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. She was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, appearing 8th on the party list of

. She left parliament in March 2017, claiming "I'm not a politician, I'm more of an expert. Political activity is difficult for me as a person."

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Aliona Babak was born in

Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih ( ; , ), also known as Krivoy Rog ( ), is a city in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kryvyi Rih Raion and its subordinate Kryvyi Rih urban hromada in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The city is part of the Kryvyi Rih Metropo ...

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. She graduated with honours from the Kyiv State Pedagogic Institute of Foreign Languages, attaining the qualification of foreign languages teacher (English and French) in 1996. In 1996, she won the Edmund Muskie Fund grant for studying in the US, which allowed her to attain a master's degree in Business Administration and Finance from

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. Since 1998, Babak has worked as an entrepreneur, manager of international projects, head specialist on pricing and financial management in housing and local development. In 2004, she co-founded and became a member of the managing board of the charity organisation 'Local Development Institute', where she specialises in financial management of housing. She has written 30 academic papers on reforming housing and communal services and regulations for the natural monopolists. She is a member of a working group on reforming of housing and communal services with the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine. Member of the Consulting Council at the National Commission on State Regulation of Communal Services.

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(in Ukrainian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Babak, Aliona Valeriyivna 1969 births Living people Politicians from Kryvyi Rih Old Dominion University alumni Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Self Reliance (political party) politicians Regional development and construction ministers of Ukraine Women government ministers of Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian women politicians Women members of the Verkhovna Rada

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