The Verkhovna Rada has been replenished with a new deputy: Mykola Davydiuk took the oath

A new MP has appeared in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. During the plenary session on June 11, political scientist and public figure Mykola Davydiuk, who entered the parliament from the Holos party, took the oath.

Davydiuk became a MP after the early termination of Volodymyr Tsabal’s powers. At the end of May, the Verkhovna Rada supported the decision to deprive Tsabal of his deputy mandate, after which the Central Election Commission recognized Mykola Davydiuk as an elected MP from the Holos party’s electoral list.

Mykola Davydiuk ran for the Verkhovna Rada in the 2019 snap parliamentary elections in a nationwide multi-mandate district from this political force.

What is known about the new MP

Mykola Davydiuk is known as a Ukrainian political scientist, analyst, and expert on politics and international relations. He received his higher education from the Mykhailo Dragomanov Ukrainian State University, majoring in Spanish and foreign literature. He also completed training and internships at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Davydiuk began his political career in 2006, participating in local elections in Kyiv.

Since 2013, he has been a certified OSCE observer and has participated in international election observation missions in Georgia, Spain, and Kyrgyzstan.

In 2019, he co-founded the socio-political movement “Act with Us” with Mustafa Nayem.

Davydiuk is also the author of the study “How Putin’s Propaganda Works.” After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, he has been actively involved in volunteer activities and support for the Ukrainian military.

After taking the oath, Mykola Davydiuk officially assumed the powers of a People’s Deputy of Ukraine and joined the Holos parliamentary faction.