Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by My very best wishes (talk | contribs) at 16:46, 16 June 2022 (→Ombudsman for Human Rights in Ukraine: just repeating very same accusation about living person many times is a BLP violation; if any specific cases were not confirmed, such cases must be named). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Lyudmyla Leontiyivna Denisova (born 6 July 1960) is a Russian-born Ukrainian politician. After twice serving as Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine, Denisova was from March 2018 to May 2022 Ombudsman for Human Rights in Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada dismissed Denisova with the accusation that she failed to facilitate humanitarian corridors and prevent Ukrainians under Russian occupation from being deported to Russia. She was also accused of making unverifiable statements about alleged sex crimes by Russian troops.

Biography

Raised by her mother Nina Ivanovna Ankudinova (born 1934) in Arkhangelsk, Denisova graduated from the Arkhangelsk Pedagogical School (1978), Leningrad State University (1989) and the Tavria Institute of Enterprise and Law in Simferopol (1995).

Professional career

Denisova was a teacher at a preschool in Arkhangelsk from 1979 to 1980. For the next nine years, Denisova held different posts in the Arkhangelsk provincial law court. In 1989, she moved to Ukraine and became the legal adviser of the Crimean Provincial Committee of Ukraine (1990–91). From 1991 she worked in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea's Administration of the pension fund until 1998.

Political career

In 1998 Denisova became the Minister of Economy and Finances in the Crimean government. In Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea, she served as Minister of Economy, Minister of Finance and head of the Treasury Department. Denisova was named Politician of the Year in 2001. In 2000, Denisova was detained for 24 hours and charged with power abuse. Denisova has stated she was persecuted for refusing to sign a budget document. This criminal case was soon closed.

Denisova was a member of Batkivshchyna (Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc) from 2005 to 2014. During the 2006 and 2007 parliamentary elections, she was elected as a deputy to the Verkhovna Rada.

Minister

On December 18, 2007, Yulia Tymoshenko, with a margin of two votes, was elected Prime Minister, and the second Tymoshenko Government was formed between the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc in which Denisova was elected Minister of Labour and Social Policy.

In October 2009 Denisova was ranked 15th in a top 100 of "most influential women in Ukraine" compiled by experts for the Ukrainian magazine Focus (six places lower than non-minister and fellow Batkivshchyna member Natalia Korolevska).

2010 Crimean parliamentary election

Denisova headed the electoral list of Batkivshchyna during the 2010 Crimean parliamentary election. Batkivshchyna did not win seats in the Supreme Council of Crimea.

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election

Denisova was placed at number 38 on the electoral list of Batkivshchyna during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. She was re-elected into the Verkhovna Rada

2nd minister post

On 27 February 2014, Denisova became Minister of Labour and Social Policy in the Yatsenyuk Government.

In September 2014 Denisova became a founding member of the People's Front party.

2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Denisova was re-elected into the Verkhovna Rada, placed 15th on the electoral list of People's Front.

Ombudsman for Human Rights in Ukraine

On 15 March 2018, the Verkhovna Rada elected Denisova Ombudsman for Human Rights in Ukraine.

On 20 March 2022, Denisova alleged on Telegram that on 11 March, over 50 elderly persons in a care home had been intentionally fired upon by a tank in the town of Kreminna during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling the attack a "crime against humanity" by "rashist occupation forces".

On 31 May 2022, the Verkhovna Rada dismissed Denisova, with 234 deputies voting in favour of her dismissal. The deputy chairman of the Rada regulatory committee, Pavlo Frolov, said she failed to facilitate humanitarian corridors in warzones and prevent Ukrainians under Russian occupation from being deported to Russia, and failed to facilitate the protection and exchange of prisoners of war. He said that Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk had to take on most of the wartime human rights issues. Some deputies, supported by an open letter from 140 public figures, activists and professionals, also accused her of making unverifiable statements about alleged sex crimes by Russian troops. Martial law powers were used to dismiss her. There was no new appointment.

In June she said in her speech to the Italian Parliament that her "expressions were sometimes very cruel (...) but I used it in a way suggested by the victims themselves... Yes, the vocabulary was very harsh, I spoke to the PR people about it, I said that, indeed, maybe I exaggerated. But I tried to achieve the goal of convincing the world to supply arms and put pressure on Russia.”

Notes

1. Template:Lang-uk; Template:Lang-ru

References

1. "Людмила Деніcова — омбудсмен: що із цього вийде?" [Lyudmila Denisova - Ombudsman: what will happen?]. www.ukrinform.ua.
2. ^ "Rada supports coalition-proposed government lineup". Interfax-Ukraine. 2 December 2014.
   "Rada approves new Cabinet with three foreigners". Kyiv Post. 2 December 2014.
   "Rada voted the new Cabinet]" (in Ukrainian). Ukrayinska Pravda. 2 December 2014.
3. "CEC registers 357 newly elected deputies of 422". National Radio Company of Ukraine. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014.
   "Parliament to form leadership and coalition on November 27". UNIAN. 26 November 2014.
4. ^ "Рада обрала нового омбудсмена" [The Rada elected a new ombudsman]. Ukrayinska Pravda (15 March 2018)
5. You Scratch My Back, and I’ll Scratch Yours, The Ukrainian Week (26 September 2012)
6. "Царские хоромы и убогие квартирки украинских министров - 2. ФОТО" [Royal mansions and miserable apartments of Ukrainian ministers - 2. PHOTO]. www.rupor.info.
7. ^ Biography Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, Довідники про сучасну Україну (in Ukrainian)
8. ^ (in Russian) Short bio, LIGA
9. (in Ukrainian) The Verkhovna Rada fired Ombudsman Denisov by Ukrayinska Pravda (31 May 2023)
10. ^ Saidel, Peter (31 May 2022). "Ukraine's Parliament Dismisses Human-Rights Chief". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
11. ^ Burdyha, Igor (3 June 2022). "Why Ukraine's human rights chief Lyudmila Denisova was dismissed". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
12. ^ "Новый состав Кабмина принят единогласно" [The new composition of the Cabinet was adopted unanimously]. Archived 2008-06-24 at the Wayback Machine, news.mediaport.ua(in Russian)
13. ^ "Is She Next?". Kyiv Post. 3 September 2010.
14. "Yulia Tymoshenko elected Prime-Minister". Youtube (in Ukrainian). 18 December 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
15. (in Russian) "Рейтинг Фокуса: 100 самых влиятельных женщин и 100 деталей о них" [Focus Rating: 100 most influential women and 100 details about them]. 23 October 2009. Archived 2014-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, Focus
16. Liudmyla Denisova heads electoral list of Crimean branch of Batkivschyna Party, Kyiv Post (September 30, 2010)
17. (in Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (November 8, 2010)
18. They Call Themselves the Opposition, The Ukrainian Week (31 August 2012)
19. (in Ukrainian)"Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради" [List of deputies of the new Verkhovna Rada]. Ukrayinska Pravda. 11 November 2012.
20. Maidan nominates Yatseniuk for prime minister, Interfax-Ukraine (26 February 2014)
    Ukrainian parliament endorses new cabinet, Interfax-Ukraine (27 February 2014)
21. Yatseniuk elected head of political council of People's Front Party Archived 2015-01-02 at the Wayback Machine, Demotix (9 September 2014)
22. Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
    People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
23. (in Ukrainian) Full electoral list of "Fatherland" Archived 2014-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, TVi (15 September 2014)
24. (in Ukrainian) Electoral list of People's Front, Ukrayinska Pravda (20 September 2014)
25. Ball, Tom (20 March 2022). "Ukraine accuses Russia of killing 56 care home residents in Luhansk". The Times.
26. "Esagerava sugli stupri e sui crimini di guerra: rimossa la commissaria ucraina per i diritti umani". secoloditalia.it (in Italian). She circulated reports of war crimes that ranged from the implausible to the approximate: mass rapes of teenagers, sexual assaults on newborn babies, somewhat randomly released figures ('43,000 war crimes', she said on 18 May) that could not be confirmed by the investigations of the Kiev Prosecutor General's Office.
27. Zeitung, Berliner. "Mit Massenvergewaltigungen „übertrieben"? Ukrainische Beauftragte erklärt sich". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 14 June 2022.
28. "«Может, переборщила». Денисова объяснила использование неэтичной лексики при описании сексуальных преступлений оккупантов в Украине". nv.ua.

External links

• Media related to Lyudmyla Denisova at Wikimedia Commons
• Ministry of Social Policy

• 1960 births
• Living people
• People from Arkhangelsk
• Saint Petersburg State University alumni
• Ukrainian economists
• Ukrainian women lawyers
• Women government ministers of Ukraine
• Ukrainian people of Russian descent
• All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" politicians
• People's Front (Ukraine) politicians
• Social policy ministers of Ukraine
• Labor and social policy ministers of Ukraine
• People of the Euromaidan
• Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
• 21st-century Ukrainian women politicians
• Ombudsmen in Ukraine