MP and journalist Serhiy Shvets dies
28 May 2025 16:27
After a long struggle with a serious illness, Ukrainian MP Serhiy Shvets, a representative of the Servant of the People faction, has died. This was reported on Telegram by the head of the faction, David Arakhamia, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
“After a long struggle with a serious illness, our colleague, MP Serhiy Shvets, died. We offer our sincere condolences to Serhiy’s family, we share the pain of losing a loved one,” he said.
Arakhamia emphasized that Serhiy Shvets had gone from a journalist to a lawmaker and left behind a memory of an honest, decent and principled person.
Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk also expressed his condolences.
In a post on Facebook , he remembered Shvets as a journalist who “knew how to speak to people simply and honestly” and as a deputy who “was not afraid to ask uncomfortable questions – both on the air and in the parliamentary hall.”
According to Stefanchuk, Shvets remained a man with a sincere heart and an understanding of why he entered politics.
What do you know about Serhiy Shvets?
Serhiy Shvets was born in 1976. He worked in the field of cultural, economic, military and political journalism on 1 1, STB, and ICTV TV channels.
He was engaged in cultural, economic, military and political journalism.
In 2019, he was elected as a Member of Parliament in the 214th constituency in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv as a non-partisan candidate from the Servant of the People party. He served as Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech.
