Oleh Anatoliiovych Makarov (; 24 July 1965 – 29 October 2024) was a Ukrainian lawyer and politician.

People's deputy of Ukraine A people's deputy of Ukraine (, ) is a member of parliament and legislator elected by Direct election, popular vote to the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine. They are often referred to simply as "deputies". Prior to 1991, the Verkhovna R ...

of the 9th convocation.

Life and career

Oleh Makarov was born in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

on 24 July 1965. In 1989 he graduated from

Kyiv National University The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (; also known as Kyiv University, Shevchenko University, or KNU) is a public university in Kyiv, Ukraine. The university is the third-oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and ...

, Faculty of International Relations and International Law, International Law Department. He completed postgraduate studies at the same university. In 1992 Makarov became a managing partner of the law firm Vasil Kisil & Partners. In 1995 he received the right to practice law. In 2007 Makarov became the deputy chairman of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Kyiv City Bar Qualification and Disciplinary Commission and became a member of the board of the public organization "Association of Lawyers of Ukraine". In 2015 he became member of the Ethics Commission of this organization. In 2013 Makarov obtained an MBA degree from

Heriot-Watt University Heriot-Watt University () is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and was subsequently granted university status by roya ...

. In the 2015 Kyiv local elections Makarov became a deputy of the

Kyiv City Council Kyiv City Council (, ), also known as Kyivrada (), is the city council of Kyiv municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council are directly elected by Kyivans and the council is chaired by the M ...

. He ran for District No. 21 (

Darnytskyi District Darnytskyi District is an Urban districts of Ukraine, urban district of the Ukraine, Ukrainian capital city, capital Kyiv. It is the southeastern district of Kyiv, located on the left bank of the Dnipro river. It borders the Holosiivskyi District ...

) for the "

Self Reliance "Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of his recurrent themes: the need for each person to avoid conformity and false consistency, ...

" party. He was the deputy head of the faction. In September 2018 Makarov joined . (The local faction of "Self Reliance" had been dissolved by its members.) Makarov was a candidate for People's Deputies from the " Holos" party in the

2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 21 July 2019. Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, the elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolved parli ...

, No. 6 on the list. He was elected to the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...

(parliament of Ukraine). After having been "seriously ill" in the previous months, Makarov died on 29 October 2024, at the age of 59.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Makarov, Oleh 1965 births 2024 deaths Ukrainian city councillors Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Politicians from Kyiv Lawyers from Kyiv Self Reliance (political party) politicians Holos (political party) politicians Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of International Relations alumni Alumni of Heriot-Watt University