Oleh Liashko

Oleh Liashko
Олег Ляшко
Member of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
26 March 2006 – 29 August 2019
Chairman of the Radical Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 August 2011
Personal details
Born (1972-12-03) 3 December 1972 (age 51)
Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyBatkivshchyna (Before 2012)
Radical Party (2012–present)
Spouse
Rosita Sairanen
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(m. 2018)​
Alma materKharkiv National Pedagogical University

Oleh Valeriiovych Liashko (Ukrainian: Олег Валерійович Ляшко; born 3 December 1972) is a Ukrainian politician, journalist and soldier who was a long time member of the Verkhovna Rada and leader of the Radical Party.[1]

Liashko was elected as a deputy to the Verkhovna Rada in 2006, in the 2007 parliamentary election for the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (YTB), in the 2012 parliamentary election and 2014 parliamentary election for his Radical Party.[1][2][3][4] Prior to this, he was a journalist.[1]

In the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election, he received 8.32% of the vote.[5] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Liashko lost his parliamentary seat.[6]

Liashko joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

  1. ^ a b c (in Russian) Ляшко Олег Валерьевич, Информационно-аналитический центр "ЛІГА"
  2. ^ "Yulia Tymoshenko bloc expels two deputies from parliament faction". Kyiv Post. October 19, 2010. Archived from the original on May 25, 2014.
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  5. ^ "Poroshenko wins presidential election with 54.7% of vote - CEC". Radio Ukraine International. May 29, 2014. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
    "Results election of Ukrainian president" (in Ukrainian). Телеграф. May 29, 2014. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  6. ^ "Voters reject many controversial candidates in parliamentary election | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice". Kyiv Post. July 22, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2020.