Stepan Mykolaiovych Cherniavskyi (Ukrainian: Степан Миколайович Чернявський; born 4 May 1973) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine representing Ukraine's 178th electoral district as a member of Servant of the People since 29 August 2019.

Stepan Cherniavskyi
Степан Чернявський
Official portrait, 2019
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
29 August 2019
Preceded byIvan Fursin [uk]
ConstituencyOdesa Oblast, No. 178
Personal details
Born (1973-05-04) 4 May 1973 (age 51)
Ivanivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partyServant of the People
Other political
affiliations
Independent
Alma materOdesa National Academy of Food Technologies

Early life and career

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Stepan Mykolaiovych Cherniavskyi was born on 4 May 1973 in the settlement of Ivanivka, Odesa Oblast. In 1995, he graduated from the Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies, specialising in mechanical engineering.[1]

Prior to his election, Cherniavskyi worked as a mechanical engineer at the Byhodnia Bread Processing Plant and the Port of Odesa. He also was the founder and head of Ahrostar Export TOV. He has founded two other companies: Meat Service TOV[further explanation needed] and PMK-2015 TOV.[1]

Political career

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In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Cherniavskyi launched a campaign to be People's Deputy of Ukraine in Ukraine's 178th electoral district. He was the candidate of the Servant of the People party in the election. At the time of the election, he was an independent.[2] He proved successful, being elected with 37.18% of the vote. His next-closest opponent, Olha Poliuhanich of Batkivshchyna, won 20.41% of the vote, and incumbent People's Deputy Ivan Fursin [uk] (an independent) placed in fourth, with 15.43% of the vote.[3] In the Verkhovna Rada (national parliament of Ukraine), Cherniavskyi joined the Servant of the People faction, as well as the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agriculture and Land Policies, which he serves as deputy chair of.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Чернявський Степан Миколайович" [Cherniavskyi, Stepan Mykolaiovych]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 17 June 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Чернявський Степан Миколайович" [Cherniavskyi, Stepan Mykolaiovych]. Chesno (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі №138" [Information about counting of voters' votes in single-mandate electoral district No. 138]. Central Election Commission (Ukraine) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2022.