Oleksiy Zhuravko

Oleksiy Zhuravko
Олексій Журавко
Zhuravko in 2019
Member of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
25 May 2006 – 12 December 2012
Personal details
Born
Oleksiy Valeriyovych Zhuravko

(1974-04-21)21 April 1974
Zhovti Vody, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died25 September 2022(2022-09-25) (aged 48)
Kherson, Ukraine
CitizenshipSoviet Union (1974–1991)
Ukraine (1991–2022)
Russia (2022)
Political partyFor United Ukraine! (2002)
Party of Regions (2006–2022)
United Russia (2022)
SpouseAnzhela
Children1
Alma materKherson State University
AwardsOrder 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]

  1. ^ a b c d Petrenko, Roman (25 September 2022). "У Херсоні вбили екснардепа Ради – росЗМІ". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ Ryabov, Mikhail. "Алексей Журавко стал гражданином России и вступил в "ЕР"". Политнавигатор (in Russian). Retrieved 25 September 2022.