Robert Ivanovych Horvat (; born 17 February 1969) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a

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 ...

from Ukraine's 68th electoral district since 2014. A member of

Dovira Dovira (, , ), translated as Trust, is a parliamentary group in the Verkhovna Rada and political party in Ukraine, consisting of 20 previously non-partisan representatives. It was formed in the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada on 6 December 2019. On ...

, Horvat is chairman of the Subcommittee on Legal Support of Customs Bodies of 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 ...

Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy. He is also co-chair of the group for inter-parliamentary relations with the Czech Republic and head of the group for inter-parliamentary relations with Egypt.

Education

In 2009, Horvat graduated from the Uzhhorod Training Center of

Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics State University of Trade and Economics (SUTE, ; prev.: Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics, KNUTE, ) is a Ukrainian university in the capital, Kyiv. Post address: 19 Kyoto St., Kyiv, Ukraine, 02156.

and received a full higher education in "Accounting and Auditing".

Political career

A member of the

parliamentary group, Horvat was previously a member of the

Petro Poroshenko Bloc European Solidarity (, ; , YeS) is a political party in Ukraine. It has its roots in a parliamentary group called Solidarity dating from 2000 and has existed since in various forms as a political outlet for Petro Poroshenko. The party with its the ...

faction. Horvat and three other Dovira faction members ( Valerii Lunchenko, Vasyl Petiovka and Vladislav Poliak) founded the local

Zakarpattia Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпатська область), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kárpátalja'') or Transcar ...

party Native Zakarpattia. This party won 12 of the 64 seats in the

Zakarpattia Oblast Council The Zakarpattia Oblast Council () is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Zakarpattia Oblast (province) located in western Ukraine. Council members are elected for five year terms. In order to gain representation in the council, a part ...

during the

2020 Ukrainian local elections The 2020 Ukrainian local elections took place on Sunday 25 October 2020.Ukrai ...

. In 2016-2019, Horvat developed a scheme to seize 323 hectares of land used by a state-owned enterprise, causing the state losses of UAH 123 million. In November 2023, the High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a pre-trial restraint on Horvat with bail set at UAH 27 million.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Horvat, Robert 1969 births Living people Politicians from Uzhhorod Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics alumni Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Independent politicians of Petro Poroshenko Bloc