Oleksiy Ryabchyn

Oleksii (Alex) Mykhailovych Riabchyn (Ukrainian: Олексій Михайлович Рябчин; born 22 April 1983)[2] is a Ukrainian politician, scientist, journalist.

Oleksii Riabchyn
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
27 November 2014[1] – 24 July 2019
Deputy Minister for Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine
In office
12 October 2019 – 27 May 2020
Personal details
Born (1983-04-22) 22 April 1983
Mariupol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materDonetsk National University

Ryabchyn served as Deputy Minister for Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine responsible for the energy-efficiency sector in 2019-2020.[3]

People's Deputy (2014-2019)

In October 2014, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada on the party list of Batkivshchyna.[2] I During his parliamentary tenure he headed the subcommittee on energy saving and energy efficiency of the Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety. Ryabchyn also co-chaired the inter-parliamentary friendship group with The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelan, and the inter-factional caucus "The Eurooptimists" for civil society activists, journalists and professionals in the Ukrainian Parliament.

He has participated in lobbying and introducing numerous energy reforms in Ukraine. He personally championed initiatives supporting e-mobility, renewable energy and those focused on creating an energy efficiency market in Ukraine.

Dr. Oleksii Riabchyn represented Ukraine in Conferences of the Parties to the UNFCCC in Paris, Marrakesh, Bonn, Katowice and Madrid. He is focused on climate change issues, sustainable development, green economy and supporting displaced universities that were relocated from Donbas and Crimea.

Education and personal life

Ryabchyn has a MSc with Distinction in Innovation and Sustainability for International Development from the SPRU University of Sussex and has worked as an assistant professor at Donetsk National University.[4] He relocated from Donetsk to Kyiv in May 2014 as a result of the war in Donbass.[5] His mother is Russian origin.[4]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was not re-elected after being placed #32 on the election list of Batkivshchyna.[6][7]

Education

From 2000 to 2010, Ryabchyn attended Donetsk National University, where he attained a BA in International Economics with honors, a MA in International Economics with Honors, and a PhD in International Economics.

From 2012 to 2013 he attended the Science and Technology Policy Research school at the University of Sussex, where he attained a MSc with Distinction in Innovation and Sustainability for International Development.

In 2014 he attended the Ukrainian School of Political Studies.

In 2017 he took an Executive Course on Oil, Gas and Mining Governance at the University of Oxford.

In 2018 he took Responsible Leadership seminar at the Aspen Institute in Kyiv.

Professional Experience

2020 - Radio host with "Green innovations" at Radio NV.

2019 - Assistant Professor, Institute Of International Relations Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

2014 - Ukraine Reforms Communications Taskforce, International communications strategy manager, Kyiv. Establishing the communications helping to developing and disseminating all kinds of reforms-focused information products needed to build public awareness, understanding and support for reforms.

2014 - Washington Post, Fixer, Freelancer, contributed to more than 50 articles covering the events in Ukraine during the conflict at the Donbas.[8]

2005–2017, Assistant Professor, Research Fellow at Donetsk National University, Ukraine. Scientific interest - innovative development, economic crises, green economy and energy aspects of globalization, Ukrainian unconventional energy sources.

2006 - 2012, Deputy chairman at PromEconomService Corporation, Ukraine. Was responsible for strategy and introduction of innovative industrial energy-saving and nature- conservative technologies at municipal and industrial enterprises.

2002 - 2004, Volunteer, Project manager at NGO - Regional Development Agency "Donbas", Ukraine. Was responsible for the implementation of economic restructuration program of depressed cities in Donbas.

References
  1. CEC registers 357 newly elected deputies of 422 Archived 2014-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, National Radio Company of Ukraine (25 November 2014)
    Parliament to form leadership and coalition on November 27, UNIAN (26 November 2014)
  2. "Рябчин Олексій Михайлович" [Oleksiy Mykhailovych Ryabchyn] (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada website.
  3. Kitsoft. "Кабінет Міністрів України - Про призначення Рябчина О. М. заступником Міністра енергетики та захисту довкілля України". www.kmu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  4. Bateson, Ian (13 December 2014). "New deputy from Donetsk thrilled to be in parliament, hopes to create green-collar jobs". Kyiv Post.
  5. Shabbir, Nabeelah (25 October 2014). "The new generation running for parliament in Ukraine". The Guardian.
  6. https://blogs.pravda.com.ua/authors/ryabchin/5d3879d03bf78/
  7. https://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2019/wp407pt001f01=919pf7201=18039.html
  8. Reports, contributed by Alex Ryabchyn
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