Pavlo Bakunets Павло Андрійович Бакунець | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 July 1987 Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast |
| Nationality |  Ukraine |
| Political party | Samopomich |
| Alma mater | Ukrainian Catholic University |
Pavlo Andriiovych Bakunets (Ukrainian: Павло Андрійович Бакунець) is a Ukrainian politician and a People's Deputy of the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada.[1]
Biography
Pavlo Andriiovych Bakunets was born on July 10, 1987, in Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. He received a BA from the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, also attended UCU's Lviv Business School,[2] and graduated from the University of Lviv.
Bakunets became a representative on the local council of Yavoriv,[3] and was on the ethics committee. From 2014 to 2015, he was the secretary of Yavoriv Municipality, and in 2015, he was elected mayor of Yavoriv, a position he held until 2019. He was the leader of the Yavoriv branch of the Self Reliance political party,[4] and is the cofounder of Youth of Yavoriv Raion, an NGO.
Parliamentary Activity
On August 29, 2019, Bakunets became a Member of Ukrainian Parliament.[5] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he was elected in Ukraine's 122nd electoral district and received 14.84% of the vote, a plurality.[6]
Although elected a member of Self Reliance (the only Self Reliance MP elected in 2019), he joined the Trust parliamentary group once in the Verkhovna Rada, a move which was opposed by Self Reliance leader Oksana Syroyid.[7]
In the Verkhovna Rada, he holds a number of positions. Bakunets is a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law and Political Affairs.[7] Beyond that, he is:
- The deputy of the group of interparliament connections with the Republic of Cuba
- A member of interparliament connections with the Republic of Poland.
- A member of interparliament connections with the United States.
Electoral history
2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self Reliance | Pavlo Bakunets | 13,438 | 14.8% | |
| Voice (Ukrainian political party) | Vitaliy Andreyko | 12,360 | 13.7% | |
| Independent | Roman Demchyna | 9,820 | 10.8% | |
| Civil Position | Andriy Duma | 9,639 | 10.6% | |
| SN | Andriy Shumskyi | 8,008 | 8.8% | |
| YeS | Ihor Camardak | 7,732 | 8.5% | |
| Svoboda | Mykola Zinko | 6,058 | 6.7% | |
| Batkivshchyna | Yevhen Rybchynskyi | 4,408 | 4.9% | |
| Rukh | Petro Shot | 3,996 | 4.4% | |
| Independent | Ihor Muravsky | 2,930 | 3.2% | |
| Others | 12,141 | 13.3% | ||
| Total votes | 90,530 | 100.0 | ||
| Self Reliance gain from Independent | ||||
References
- ↑ "infoHeaderExt". Itd.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ↑ "Український Католицький Університет". Archived from the original on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- ↑ "Яворівська міська рада | Інформаційний сайт Яворівської Міської Ради". Yavoriv-rada.gov.ua. 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ↑ "Samopomich – Official site of "Samopomich Union"". Archived from the original on 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- ↑ "Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine". Iportal.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ↑ "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
- 1 2 Self-help and elections: will the party be able to return to political orbit?, Civil movement "Chesno" (25 May 2020) (in Ukrainian)
- ↑ Позачергові вибори народних депутатів України 2019: Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців на одномандатному виборчому окрузі №122 — сайт Центральної виборчої комісії (архів)