New Faces in the Verkhovna Rada: Two MPs Take Oath of Office
6 December 2024 12:18
Two MPs have taken the oath of office in the Verkhovna Rada. This was announced by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak on Telegram, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
“The new MP Tamila Tasheva has now taken the oath and officially become a Member of Parliament of Ukraine,” he wrote.
She will replace Oleh Makarov.
Bohdan Lukashuk has also taken the oath, replacing Aliona Shkrum.
The Verkhovna Rada now has 401 MPs.
What we know about Bohdan Lukashuk
bohdan Lukashuk, 42, is the son of Oleh Lukashuk, MP of the IV-VII convocations.
He is currently the head of the farm “Agroline-Podillya” and a member of the Khmelnytsky City Council from the Batkivshchyna party.
The Khmelnytsky City Council will consider his resignation at its next session.
What we know about Tamila Tasheva
Tamila Tasheva is a public figure of Crimean Tatar origin who has been the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea since April 2022.
Tamila Tasheva was born on August 1, 1985 in Samarkand in the Uzbek SSR. She has a degree in Arabic translation. In 2003-2004, she took an active part in the Orange Revolution, organizing rallies in Crimea. She was also a member of a number of youth organizations.
In 2006, she became an assistant to MP Lesia Orobets. Then she worked as an analyst for the Nasha Ukraina party.
In 2010, she worked as the head of the PR department at the Nash Format publishing house.
Later, she became the PR manager of the TiK band.
In 2014-2019, she was an assistant to Mustafa Dzhemilev, a Member of Parliament of the eighth convocation of the Verkhovna Rada from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc.
In 2015, she co-founded the NGO CrimeaSOS, which covered the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol and the repressive policies of the Russian Federation. From 2016 to 2019, she was the chairman of the board of this NGO.
In 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Tasheva as the representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
From 2022 to 2023, Tasheva was also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Institute.
