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Deputy of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Vadym Novynskyi

Vadym Novynskyi is a Ukrainian politician and businessman, a People’s Deputy of Ukraine (MP) of the VII, VIII and IX convocations of the Parliament.

He was born on 3 June 1963 in the town of Staraya Russa, Novgorod region of the Russian Federation.

Novynskyi has been a citizen of Ukraine since 2012. He has been living in Ukraine since 2007.

Vadym Novynskyi is a major philanthropist. Vadym Novynskyi’s Foundation pursues charitable activities in the field of healthcare, protection of motherhood, childhood, family, and restoration of historical and cultural heritage.

State awards:

Order of Merit, 3rd Class (2009).

Church awards:

Order of the Holy Sepulchre (2019)
Order of the UOC “The Nativity of Christ” (2019)
Chest Cross of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark (2018)

Being a People’s Deputy of Ukraine in three convocations of the Verkhovna Rada, Vadym Novynskyi was the author and co-author of more than 100 draft laws. His law-making activity focuses on addressing the problems of economic and infrastructural development in the regions, on helping to IDPs from the occupied territories, and protection of religious communities’ rights in Ukraine.
Today, Vadym Novynskyi is a non-affiliated People’s Deputy of Ukraine, and is not a member of any political party. His activity in the Verkhovna Rada finds support of different factions.

Vadym Novynskyi is married, and has four children.

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1963

Vadym Novynskyi was born on 3 June 1963 in the town of Staraya Russa, Novgorod region of the Russian Federation.

1980

In 1980, Vadym Novynskyi graduated from secondary school No. 2 in the town of Staraya Russa, Novgorod region. After graduating from school, he worked as a fitter/metalworker at StarorosPribor plant for a year.

1981

In 1981, he entered the Order of Lenin Civil Aviation Academy in Saint Petersburg, the Faculty of Air Transport Operation.

1985

Novynskyi graduated from the Academy in 1985 receiving a diploma and a qualification of a Control Systems Engineer. After graduating from the Academy, he worked as an air traffic controller in Petrozavodsk detachment, Karelia, for four years (1985–1989).

1989

From 1989 to 1991, Novynskyi worked as a senior engineer in the Department of Control Systems and Computer Equipment of the Civil Aviation Academy in Saint Petersburg.

1991

From 1991 to 1999, he was the Commercial Director of the Centre for Prospective Research in Saint Petersburg.

1999

From 1999 to 2001, Novynskyi was the Deputy General Director of Paritet LLC, Saint Petersburg.

2002

From January to May 2002, he held the post of the Deputy Director of the Quality Institute within the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization Central Research and Development Institute “Centre for Prospective Research", Saint Petersburg.

Between 2002 and 2007, Vadym Novynskyi was the Deputy General Director of Trading House North-West Oil LLC.

2004

From 2004 to 2007, he was the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Inhulets Mining and Processing Plant JSC (Kryvyi Rih).

2007

Starting in 2007, Novynskyi held the post of the President of SMART-HOLDING PJSC, Kyiv.

2008

In 2008, on Vadym Novynskyi’s initiative, the International Charitable Foundation in Honour of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God was established. The Foundation’s activities are aimed at raising the future generation on the principles of the Orthodox faith, at strengthening family bonds and elevating the importance of family values in the society, as well as at preserving the cultural and historical heritage, supporting healthcare, and at comprehensive development of education.

2009

In 2009, Novynskyi became the Chairman of the Supervisory Board in SMART-HOLDING PJSC, Kyiv.

2012

In 2012, Vadym Novynskyi was granted Ukrainian citizenship for his merit to Ukraine.

2013

From 3 September 2013, Novynskyi was the People’s Deputy of Ukraine, i.e. a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, of the VII convocation. He was elected to the Parliament in the single-mandate district of Sevastopol city (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine). Novynskyi was a member of the Party of Regions faction. In 2013, in connection with his election as a People’s Deputy of Ukraine, he resigned from the post of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board in SMART-HOLDING PJSC.

2014

From 27 November 2014, Novynskyi was the People’s Deputy of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the VIII convocation. He was a member of the deputy faction of the political party the Opposition Bloc, and in November 2018, he became the head of this deputy faction. Novynskyi was the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Charitable Activities and Cultural Funding of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Culture and Spirituality, a member of the group on inter-parliamentary relations with the Kingdom of Norway, and a member of the group on inter-parliamentary relations with the People’s Republic of China.

2016

Since December 2016, Novynskyi has been a member of the Ukrainian parliamentary delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

2017

In May 2017, he graduated from the National University “Odesa Law Academy” obtaining a qualification in Legal Science.

2019

Since 29 August 2019, Vadym Novynskyi has been a People’s Deputy of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the IX convocation. He was elected to the Parliament in the single-mandate district in Mariupol (Donetsk region, Ukraine). He is a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Human Rights, Deoccupation and Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories in Donetsk, Luhansk Regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the City of Sevastopol, National Minorities and Inter-ethnic Relations. Novynskyi is also a member of inter-parliamentary relations groups with the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Romania and the People’s Republic of China.

2020

In April 2020, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Onufriy, ordained Vadym Novynskyi as a deacon.

In the summer of 2020, Vadym Novynskyi was elevated to the rank of a protodeacon.

2021

In June 2021, he graduated from the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary obtaining the qualification of a Master of Orthodox Theology.