The list of candidates and doctors of science among the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada has been published.

For a complete list of candidates and doctors of science who are current deputies of the Verkhovna Rada, see the article Word and deed.

Ninety-nine Verkhovna Rada MPs hold academic degrees. Such MPs are present in every faction and group, with the exception of the Holos party faction. Slovo i Delo analysts have compiled a complete list of candidates and doctors of science who sit in parliament.

The presidential faction "Servant of the People" includes 29 candidates of science and 16 doctors of science.

  • Sergey Babak, Doctor of Technical Sciences;
  • Alexander Bakumov, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Igor Vasilkovsky, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Vladimir Vatras, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Fedor Venislavsky, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Irina Vereshchuk, PhD in Public Administration;
  • Alexander Gaidu, PhD in Public Administration;
  • Vladimir Gevko, Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Danil Getmantsev, Doctor of Law;
  • Ruslan Gorbenko, Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Alexander Gorobets, PhD in Public Administration;
  • Yulia Grishina, Doctor of Law;
  • Maxim Dyrdin, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Anatoly Drabovsky, Doctor of Economics;
  • Artem Dubnov, Doctor of Philosophy, Medical Sciences;
  • Maryan Zablotsky, Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Lesya Zaburannaya, Doctor of Economics;
  • Valery Zub, candidate of medical sciences;
  • Ivan Kalaur Doctor of Law;
  • Sergey Kalchenko, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Alexander Kachura, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Bohdan Kitsak, candidate of historical sciences;
  • Olga Koval, Candidate of Technical Sciences;
  • Valery Kolyukh, Doctor of Political Science;
  • Alexander Kopylenko, Doctor of Law;
  • Dmitry Kostyuk, candidate of historical sciences;
  • Vladimir Kreidenko, PhD in Public Administration;
  • Elena Krivoruchkina, Candidate of Geological Sciences;
  • Alexey Kuznetsov, Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Artem Kunaev, Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Vyacheslav Medyanik Candidate of Political Sciences;
  • Alexander Merezhko, Doctor of Law;
  • Galina Mikhailyuk Doctor of Law;
  • Vasily Mokan Candidate of Political Sciences;
  • Denis Monastyrsky, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Yulia Ovchinnikova, Candidate of Biological Sciences;
  • Andrey Odarchenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences;
  • Evgeny Pivovarov, Doctor of Technical Sciences;
  • Victoria Podgornaya, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences;
  • Nikita Poturaev, candidate of political sciences;
  • Olga Sovgirya, Doctor of Law;
  • Nikolay Stefanchuk, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Igor Fris, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Lyubov Shpak, Doctor of Economics;
  • Nelly Yakovleva, candidate of political sciences.

The Opposition Platform – For Life party currently has 14 PhD candidates and seven doctors of science – in medicine, law, and economics. Ilya Kiva could soon join these ranks.

A complete list of candidates and doctors of science from the Opposition Platform ‒ For Life:

  • Oleg Voloshin, candidate of political sciences;
  • Yuri Zagorodniy, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences;
  • Dmitry Isaenko Candidate of Sciences in Public Administration;
  • Vladimir Kaltsev Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Alexander Kachny, Doctor of Sciences in Public Administration;
  • Taras Kozak, Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Alexander Koltunovich, candidate of economic sciences;
  • Natalia Korolevskaya Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Renat Kuzmin Doctor of Law;
  • Alexander Lukashev, Doctor of Law;
  • Sergey Levochkin Doctor of Economic Sciences;
  • Mikhail Makarenko, Doctor of Medical Sciences;
  • Grigory Mamka, candidate of legal sciences;
  • Victor Medvedchuk Doctor of Law;
  • Vasily Nimchenko Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Yuri Pavlenko, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences;
  • Mikhail Papiev, Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Alexander Ponomarev, Doctor of Economics;
  • Nikolay Skorik Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Antonina Slavitska, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Nestor Shufrich Candidate of Economic Sciences.

There are only 10 candidates and doctors of science in Batkivshchyna:

  • Alexey Kucherenko, candidate of sociological sciences;
  • Angelica Labunskaya Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Sergey Evtushok, PhD in Public Administration;
  • Vadim Ivchenko, Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Ivan Kirilenko, Doctor of Economics;
  • Elena Kondratyuk, candidate of historical sciences;
  • Ivan Krulko, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Grigory Nemyrya, candidate of historical sciences;
  • Yulia Tymoshenko Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Mikhail Tsymbalyuk, Doctor of Law.

There are no doctors of science in European Solidarity, but eight MPs have PhDs.

  • Sergey Alekseev, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Vladimir Vyatrovich, candidate of historical sciences;
  • Ruslan Knyazevich, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Stepan Kubov, Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Andrey Lopushansky, Candidate of Technical Sciences;
  • Rostislav Pavlenko, candidate of political sciences;
  • Petro Poroshenko Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Sofia Fedina, candidate of political sciences.

The parliamentary group "For the Future" includes three candidates of political, legal and historical sciences and two doctors of political and philosophical sciences.

  • Taras Batenko, candidate of political sciences;
  • Viktor Bondar, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Anton Kisse Doctor of Political Science;
  • Irina Konstankevich, Doctor of Philological Sciences;
  • Sergey Rudik, candidate of historical sciences.

Among the members of the parliamentary group "Dovira" there is one doctor of science and four candidates of science.

  • Vladimir Areshonkov, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences;
  • Larisa Bilozir, Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Sergey Velmozhny, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Nikolay Kucher, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences;
  • Nikolay Lyushnyak, candidate of agricultural sciences.

Among the non-factional deputies there are two candidates and three doctors of science:

  • Andrey Derkach, Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Oles Dovgiy, Candidate of Economic Sciences;
  • Yulia Svetlichnaya Doctor of Law;
  • Ruslan Stefanchuk, Doctor of Law;
  • Anton Yatsenko Doctor of Economics.

As a reminder, on April 26, Opposition Platform – For Life MP Ilya Kiva defended his PhD dissertation in public administration. Now, following approval from the Ministry of Education and Science, he can receive his PhD.

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