Yevheniy Shevchenko (politician)
Biography. Graduated from Law Institute named after V. Stashys of Classic Private University as a lawyer. Labour activity. Served in the army in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, worked as an electrician on the collective farm. Shevchenko held senior positions in such companies as ‘Eurocape New Energy’, ‘ECE Projektmanagement Gmb’, ‘Ahrostal’ and ‘Tsvietmiet’. Political activity. During the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election and 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Shevchenko had failed to get elected to parliament.<ref name="ukr.vote/en/persons/10439"></ref> In 2012 he had gained 1,47% of the votes as an independent candidate in district № 75 located in Zaporizhzhia. In  2014 he was a candidate in district № 210 in Pryluky (Chernihiv Oblast) for Viola; this time he gained 0.31% of the vote. During the presidential elections of 2019 was a trusted representative of the candidate Volodymyr Zelenskyy. A candidate for people’s deputies from the political party ‘Servant of the People‘ in the 2019 parliamentary elections (the electoral district № 76, Voznesenivskyi and Khortytskyi districts of Zaporizhzhia), he won the constituency with 43% of the vote (Anatolii Pustovarov of Opposition Bloc placed second with 14,5% of the vote). At the time of the election: an individual entrepreneur, lives in  Zaporizhzhia. Non-party. In 2019 was elected a People’s Deputy of Ukraine, on 29 August took the oath at the meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (the Ukrainian parliament). Faction: Member of the political party ‘Servant of the People’. Post: Chairperson of the Sub-committee on Industrial Policy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Economic Development. Head of the Sub-committee on Industrial Policy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Economic Development. On 24 May 2020 Shevchenko was expelled from the ‘Servant of the People’ faction due to his unauthorised visit/meeting of 20  April (2021) with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. On 7 March 2022 Shevchenko was detained at a border crossing in Ukraine fleeing the country despite decree on mobilization in Ukraine.