Vladimir Bidyovka

Vladimir Anatoliyevich Bidyovka (Ukrainian: Володимир Анатолійович Бідьовка, Russian: Владимир Анатольевич Бидёвка; born 7 March 1981) is a politician from the Donbas region, who currently serves as Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) since 2018.[1] Prior to the conflict in the east Ukraine region, after which he supported DPR independence, he served as a lawmaker in the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada between 2012 and 2014.

Vladimir Bidyovka
Владимир Бидёвка
Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic
In office
20 November 2018  20 September 2023
Preceded byDenis Pushilin
Olga Makeeva (acting)
Succeeded byArtem Zhoga
People's Deputy of Ukraine
7th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada
In office
2012–2014
ConstituencyNo. 18
Member of the Donetsk Oblast Council
In office
2010–2012
Personal details
Born (1981-03-07) 7 March 1981
Makiyivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now disputed)
Political partyDonetsk Republic (since 2015)
Communist Party of Ukraine (until 2015)

Biography

Bidyovka was born on 7 March 1981 in Makiyivka, Ukraine.[2] He was a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine until 2015.[3] He represented the party from 2010 to 2012 as a member of Donetsk Regional Council and in 2012 represented it as an MP.[4] After failing to gain a seat in the 2014 election, he moved to regions controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic, where he was elected to its legislature in November 2014.[4] He replaced Olga Makeeva as Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic on 20 November 2018.[5] Bidyovka was also on a list of persons designated by the European Union as being involved in illegal elections and had financial sanctions imposed against.[6][7]

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