Yehor Volodymyrovych Cherniev (; born 5 February 1985) 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 the

Servant of the People Servant of the People (; ''SN'') is a Liberalism, liberal, Centrism, centrist, Pro-Europeanism, pro-European List of political parties in Ukraine, political party in Ukraine. Since both the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election and the 2019 Ukra ...

party in the

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, number 26 on the party's list. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and the Chairman of the Permanent Delegation of Ukraine at the

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Parliamentary Assembly.

Early life and career

Yehor Volodymyrovych Cherniev was born on 5 February 1985 in

Berdiansk Berdiansk or Berdyansk (, ; , ) is a port city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, south-eastern Ukraine. It is on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, which is connected to the Black Sea. It serves as the administrative center of Berdiansk Raion. The c ...

, then part of the

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. In 2007, he graduated from the

Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (KNUCA, ) – is a university in Kyiv, Ukraine with level IV of accreditation History In 1968 in accordance with the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 608 from August 8, 1968, ...

with a degree in public relations management. The next year, he graduated from

Kyiv National Economic University The Kyiv National Economic University is a self-governing public university in Kyiv, Ukraine. The university was founded in 1906 as Higher commercial courses. It was ranked #3 by the Ukrainian national ranking of the universities conducted by ...

with a degree in business economics. He has also graduated from

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with a master's degree in science in public policy and management. Following the beginning of the

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in 2014, he joined the

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Political career

Cherniev was elected as a

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 ...

as number 26 on

's party list, and was an

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at the time of election. From August 2019 to October 2022, he served as Deputy Chairman of the Digital Transformation Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. He is currently Deputy Chairman of the Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Chairman of the Permanent Delegation of Ukraine at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

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* 1985 births Living people People from Berdiansk Alumni of King's College London Servant of the People (political party) politicians Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada {{Ukraine-politician-stub