Lesia Vasylenko | |
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Леся Василенко | |
People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
Assumed office 29 August 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Lesia Volodymyrivna Vasylenko 31 March 1987[1] Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Political party | Holos (2019–present) |
Children | 3 |
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Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; University College London |
Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Lesia Volodymyrivna Vasylenko (Ukrainian: Леся Володимирівна Василенко; born March 31, 1987) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada. Vasylenko is a member of the Ukrainian permanent delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union's Bureau of Women Parliamentarians. She is the founder of Legal Hundred , a human rights non-governmental organization that provides assistance to servicemen and veterans.