Lyudmyla Denisova

Denisova was a teacher at a preschool in the Russian city of Arkhangelsk (school №78, 1979–80).[8] For the next nine years Denisova held different posts in the Arkhangelsk provincial law court.[8] In 1989, she moved to Ukraine and became the legal adviser of the Crimean Provincial Committee of Ukraine (1990–91).[8] From 1991 she worked in the Republic of Crimea's Administration of the pension fund until 1998.[8]

In 1998 Denisova became the Minister of Economy and Finances in the Crimean government.[10] In Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea, she served as Minister of Economy, Minister of Finance and head of the Treasury Department. Denisova was named Politician of the Year in 2001. In 2000 Denisova was detained for 24 hours and charged with power abuse.[11] Denisova has stated she was persecuted for refusing to sign a budget document.[11] This criminal case was soon closed.[11]

Denisova is a member of Batkivshchina (Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc) since 2005.[10] During the 2006 and 2007 parliamentary elections, she was elected as a deputy to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament).

On December 18, 2007, Yulia Tymoshenko, with a margin of two votes, was elected Prime Minister.[12] and the second Tymoshenko Government was formed between the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc in which Denisova was elected Minister of Labour and Social Policy.

In October 2009 Denisova was ranked 15th in a top 100 of "most influential women in Ukraine" compiled by experts for the Ukrainian magazine Focus (six places lower than non-minister and fellow Batkivshchina member Natalia Korolevska).[13]

Denisova headed the electoral list of Batkivshchina during the 2010 Crimean parliamentary election.[14] Batkivshchina did not win seats in the Supreme Council of Crimea.[15]

Denisova was placed at number 38 on the electoral list of Batkivshchina during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[16] She was re-elected into parliament.[17]

On 27 February 2014 Denisova became Minister of Labor and Social Policy in the Yatsenyuk Government.[9]

In September 2014 Denisova became a founding member of her new party People's Front.[18]

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Denisova was re-elected into parliament placed 15th on the electoral list of People's Front.[19][20][21]

On 15 March 2018 the Ukrainian parliament elected Denisova Commissioner for Human Rights in Ukraine.[4]