Oleksandr Abdullin
Oleksandr Rafkatovych Abdullin (, born June 29, 1962 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian journalist and politician. Member of Verkhovna Rada. 4th Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2002–2006). Abdullin was elected by electoral site No.156 (Rivne region), nominated by election bloc of Political Parties "Democratic Party of Ukraine - Democratic Union Party". He had 34.86% votes, against 14 opponents. At the time of elections Abdullin was People's Deputy of Ukraine, member of "Democratic Union Party", member of fraction "United Ukraine" (May - June 2002), member of European Choice Group (June - December 2002), member of fraction of SDPU (December 2002 - March 2005), since  March 2005 member of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and member of the Committee on Environmental Policy, Natural Resources and Elimination of Consequences of Chornobyl Accident (since June 2002). 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2006–present). In April 2006, Abdullin was elected a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 5th Verkhovna Rada, placing 74th on the party list of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. At the time of elections: People's Deputy of Ukraine, member of All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland". Member of the Committee on Environmental Policy, Natural Resources and Elimination of Consequences of Chornobyl Accident (since June  2002), member of fraction of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (since May 2006), Deputy Chairman (since August 2006). In November 2007, he was elected to the 6th Verkhovna Rada, appearing on the party list of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. In 2012 he was re-elected into parliament on the party list of "Fatherland" (number 28 on this list). In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was again re-elected into parliament; this time after placing 17th on the electoral list of "Fatherland". In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Abdullin was again re-elected into parliament for "Fatherland" this time after placing 11th  on the electoral list. Personal life. Abdullin was born in Kyiv on 29 June 1962. He speaks English and French. He is married to Tetyana (b. 1962), a designer at a construction company. They have two daughters, Yevhenia (b. 1988) and Oleksandra (b. 1991).