Ukrainian businessman and politician
Oleh Leonidovych Meidych (Ukrainian : Олег Леонідович Мейдич ; born 24 November 1970) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 18th electoral district , representing north-eastern Vinnytsia Oblast .[ 1]
Biography
Meidych is director of Kalinov Dairy Plant Ltd.[ 2]
In 2002 and 2010, he ran for the Vinnytsia Oblast Council , both times unsuccessfully. Meidich worked as an assistant to People's Deputy Petro Gasyuk [uk ] .[ 3]
From 2015, Meidych was a member of the Vinnytsia Oblast Council, serving as head of the Batkivshchyna party in the council,[ 4] as well as a member of the Standing Committee on Regulation of Communal Property and Privatization.[ 2]
He was a proxy candidate of Yulia Tymoshenko in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election .[ 5]
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election , Meidych was a successful candidate for People's Deputy of Ukraine , running in Ukraine's 18th electoral district as a member of Batkivshchyna. He currently serves as First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations in the Verkhovna Rada .[ 6]
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