Oleh Liashko
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.
Oleh Liashko | |
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Олег Ляшко | |
| Member of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office 26 March 2006 – 29 August 2019 | |
| Chairman of the Radical Party | |
| Assumed office 8 August 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oleh Valeriiovych Liashko 3 December 1972 Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Batkivshchyna (Before 2012) Radical Party (2012–present) |
| Spouse | Rosita Sayranen (2018–present) |
| Alma mater | Kharkiv National Pedagogical University |
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. Prior to this, he was a journalist.
In the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election, he received 8.32% of the vote. In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Liashko lost his parliamentary seat.
Since the 2022 escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War Liashko has joined the Ukrainian armed forces.
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