Oleksiy Zhuravko | |
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Олексій Журавко | |
Member of the Verkhovna Rada | |
In office 25 May 2006 – 12 December 2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Oleksiy Valeriyovych Zhuravko 21 April 1974 Zhovti Vody, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
Died | 25 September 2022 Kherson, Ukraine | (aged 48)
Citizenship | Soviet Union (1974–1991) Ukraine (1991–2022) Russia (2022) |
Political party | For United Ukraine! (2002) Party of Regions (2006–2022) United Russia (2022) |
Spouse | Anzhela |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Kherson State University |
Awards | Order of Merit (2000, 2004) |
Oleksiy Valeriyovych Zhuravko (Ukrainian: Олексій Валерійович Журавко, Russian: Алексей Валерьевич Журавко; 21 April 1974 – 25 September 2022) was a Ukrainian and Russian politician who was a member of Ukraine's national parliament Verkhovna Rada from 2006 to 2012.[1] He was a member of the pro-Russian Party of Regions from 2006.[1] Zhuravko moved to Russia in 2015.[1] He acquired Russian citizenship and joined the United Russia party in July 2022.[2] He died in September 2022 in a missile attack in Kherson during the Ukrainian southern counteroffensive.[1]