Zlata Ognevich

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Leonidivna and the family name is Bordiuh.

Zlata Ognevich
Злата Оґнєвіч
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Ognevich in 2022
Background information
Birth nameInna Leonidivna Bordiuh
Born (1986-01-12) 12 January 1986 (age 38)
Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
OriginSudak, Ukraine
GenresPop
Occupations
  • singer
  • actor
InstrumentVocals
Years active2010–present
Websitezlatao.com
People's Deputy of Ukraine
8th convocation
In office
27 November 2014 – 10 November 2015
ConstituencyRadical Party, No.4[1]

Zlata Leonidivna Ognevich (Ukrainian: Злата Леонідівна Оґнєвіч, romanized: Zlata Leonidivna Ohnievich; born Inna Leonidivna Bordiuh [Інна Леонідівна Бордюг] on 12 January 1986) is a Ukrainian singer and former politician. She represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö with the song "Gravity", placing third. Ognevich previously attempted to represent Ukraine at the contest in 2010 and 2011.

In 2014, Ognevich was elected to the Verkhovna Rada for the Radical Party using her birth name Inna Bordiuh.[2][3] She resigned from parliament after one year, citing her opposition to the corruption she had witnessed.[4] She has been vocal in her support for Ukrainian forces during the pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, and announced she would not accept Russian citizenship following the annexation of Crimea, where Ognevich was raised.

  1. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. ^ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament Archived 10 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrainian Television and Radio (8 November 2014)
    People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections – CEC Archived 12 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament – CEC Archived 4 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ZipRN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Radical Party MP Zlata Ohnevych renounces lawmaking powers Archived 23 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (10 November 2015)
    MP from the Radical Party faction, Zlata Ognevich has submitted a letter of resignation to parliament Archived 1 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (10 November 2015)