Dmytro Valeriyovych Liubota (Ukrainian: Дмитро Валерійович Любота; born 9 January 1981) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine representing Ukraine's 177th electoral district since 29 August 2019. He is a member of Servant of the People.

Dmytro Liubota
Дмитро Любота
Official portrait, 2019
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
29 August 2019
Preceded byViktor Ostapchuk
ConstituencyKharkiv Oblast, No. 177
Personal details
Born (1981-01-09) 9 January 1981 (age 43)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partyServant of the People
Other political
affiliations
Independent (before 2019)
Alma materKharkiv National University of Construction and Architecture [uk]

Early life and career

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Dmytro Valeriyovych Liubota was born on 9 January 1981 in the city of Kharkiv, then under the rule of the Soviet Union. In 2002, he graduated from the Kharkiv National University of Construction and Architecture [uk], specialising in organisational management. He is a qualified economist-manager. Prior to his election, Liubota worked as manager of a building parts store in Kupiansk.[1]

Political career

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Liubota ran in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election as the candidate of Servant of the People for People's Deputy of Ukraine in Ukraine's 177th electoral district, which includes the cities of Izium and Kupiansk. At the time of the election, he was an independent.[1] He was successfully elected to the Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine), defeating incumbent People's Deputy Viktor Ostapchuk with 40.26% of the vote to Ostapchuk's 26.97%.[2]

In the Verkhovna Rada, Liubota joined the parliamentary faction of Servant of the People. He is a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on the integration of Ukraine with the European Union. In 2019 Liubota authored 24 draft laws, of which 4 became law.[3]

Liubota officially joined the Servant of the People party on 10 November 2019.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Любота Дмитро Валерійович" [Liubota, Dmytro Valeriyovych]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 4 March 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі №177" [Information about counting of voters' votes in single-mandate electoral district No. 177]. Central Election Commission (Ukraine) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Любота Дмитро Валерійович" [Liubota, Dmytro Valeriyovych]. Chesno (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 11 December 2022.