Serhiy Vlasenko ( uk, Сергій Володимирович Власенко; born on 7 March 1967 in

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Biography
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politician and lawyer.

Early life and career

In 1992, Vlasenko graduated from the law department of the

Lviv University The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...

. From 1992 till March 2008, he worked for various

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s in Ukraine (as a partner of

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from 2006). In March 2008 Vlasenko was appointed deputy head of the

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Political career

In 2007 Vlasenko became a member of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party. in the 2007 parliamentary elections he was placed at number 170 on the electoral list of the

Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ( uk, Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT) was the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko since 2001. In November 2011, the participation of blocs ...

and was not elected into the

Ukrainian Parliament The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

. In June 2008, Vlasenko became

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and a member of the faction of the

. After he left the post of deputy head of the State Tax Administration. Vlasenko is

Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan ();the various court cases against her (since 2010).Vlasenko, Kozhemiakin, Plakhotniuk to be Tymoshenko's defense lawyers in Scherban case
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'' (22 January 2013) Vlasenko was placed at number 20 on the electoral list of

Batkivshchina The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" ( uk, Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина", translit=Vseukrains'ke obiednannia "Bat'kivshchyna") referred to as Batkivshchyna (), is a political party in Ukraine led by Pe ...

during the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012. He was re-elected into parliament.Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради

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(11 November 2012) Vlasenko is a member of Batkivshchina. On 21 January 2013, Vlasenko stated that he stood accused of car theft, robbery and failing to obey a court ruling stemming from his divorce several years ago.Lawyer of former Ukraine PM Yulia Tymoshenko 'faces criminal charges'

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(21 January 2013) On 5 March 2013, this investigation was "closed for lack of crime". As of 13 March 2013,

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Volodymyr Rybak inquired to the

Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine The judicial system of Ukraine is outlined in the 1996 Constitution of Ukraine.Ukraine Opposition Obstructs Parliament

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(5 March 2013) On 5 March 2012 European Union (EU) Commissioner for Enlargement

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and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs

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called on the Ukrainian authorities to address this situation so as to avoid creating any perception of misuse of the judiciary for political purposes. The

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agreed with the EU on this and added the case appeared to be politically motivated due to Vlasenko's connection with Yulia Tymoshenko. The Higher Administrative Court annulled the parliamentary mandate of Vlasenko on 6 March 2013. Štefan Füle considered this "not European way" the same day. On 4 March 2014, the Verkhovna Rada returned a deputy mandate to Vlasenko, and Speaker

Oleksandr Turchynov Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov ( uk, Олександр Валентинович Турчинов; born 31 March 1964) is a Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, Baptist minister and economist. He is the former Secretary of the National Se ...

said that "according to a Higher Administrative Court ruling of February 28, 2014, Vlasenko is a people's deputy". The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office closed criminal proceedings against Vlasenko "due to the absence of a crime in his actions" on 14 March 2014. In the

2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Snap elections to the Verkhovna Rada took place on 26 October 2014. Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, had pressed for early parliamentary elections since his victory in the presidential election in May.Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament

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(8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC

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(8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC

(8 November 2014)Full electoral list of "Fatherland"
, TVi (15 September 2014) In addition to his work in parliament, Vlasenko is a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the

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(PACE). He serves on the Assembly's Committee on the Election of

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to the

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; the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights; the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons; and the Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.

References

External links

Vlasenko's Facebook page
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