Andriy Kozhemiakin

Andriy Anatoliyovych Kozhemiakin (Ukrainian: Андрій Анатолійович Кожем'якін; born in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR[5]) is a Ukrainian politician and a former security service officer.[6][7]

Andriy Kozhemiakin
Андрій Кожем'якін
People's Deputy of Ukraine
5th convocation
In office
25 May 2006  12 June 2007
ConstituencyYulia Tymoshenko Bloc, No.25[1]
6th convocation
In office
23 November 2007  12 December 2012
ConstituencyYulia Tymoshenko Bloc, No.23[2]
7th convocation
In office
12 December 2012  27 November 2014
ConstituencyFatherland, No.13[3]
8th convocation
Assumed office
27 November 2014
ConstituencyFatherland, No.13[4]
Personal details
Born (1965-11-13) 13 November 1965
Odessa, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Political partyAll-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
Spouse(s)Nataliya
Childrendaughter Daria, son Ruslan
Alma materTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
AwardsOrder of Danylo Halytsky
Medal "For Irreproachable Service" III Class
Military service
AllegianceSoviet Union
Ukraine
Branch/serviceSoviet Navy
Security Service of Ukraine
Years of service1986–1988 (Black Sea Fleet)
1988–1991 (KGB)
1991–2006 (Security Service)
RankLieutenant General

Biography

Military / Security Service career

Kozhemiakin graduated in 1986 from the Kyiv Naval Political College and the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (majoring in "jurisprudence").[8] From 1982 till 1988 Kozhemiakin served as an officer in the Black Sea Fleet of the Soviet Navy.[5] From 1988 till March 2006 he served as a senior security officer in the KGB and later in the SBU.[8]

Ranks promotions

  • 2002 Colonel
  • 2005 Major General
  • 2016 Lieutenant General

Parliamentary career

In 2006 and 2007 Kozhemiakin was elected into Parliament on a Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ticket.[5] After the 2007 election Ivan Kyrylenko was elected faction leader of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc in the Ukrainian Parliament.[9] The faction re-elected Kozhemiakin as its faction leader on 7 December 2011.[6][7]

Kozhemiakin was placed at number 11 on the electoral list of Batkivshchina during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election; he was re-elected into parliament.[10][11]

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was again re-elected into parliament; this time after placing 13th on the electoral list of Batkivshchina.[12][13]

References

  1. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the V convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VI convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the IV convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  4. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  5. (in Ukrainian) Кожем'якін Андрій Анатолійович, довідку
  6. BYT-Batkivschyna replaces its leader, Kyiv Post (7 December 2011)
  7. Tymoshenko aware of change in leadership of BYT-Batkivschyna faction, Kyiv Post (7 December 2011)
  8. (in Russian) Кожемякин Андрей Анатольевич, Информационно-аналитический центр "ЛІГА"
  9. elected on post of chairman of BYUT faction, UNIAN (19-12-2007)
  10. (in Ukrainian) Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
  11. They Call Themselves the Opposition, The Ukrainian Week (31 August 2012)
  12. Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament Archived November 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
    People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC Archived November 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
  13. (in Ukrainian) Full electoral list of "Fatherland" Archived 2014-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, TVi (15 September 2014)


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