Ihor Lutsenko (politician)
Ihor Lutsenko | |
|---|---|
Ігор Луценко | |
Lutsenko in 2012 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 27 November 2014[1] – 24 July 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 November 1978 |
| Party | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" |
| Alma mater | National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy |
| Awards | Order for Courage 3d class |
Ihor Viktorovych Lutsenko (Ukrainian: І́гор Ві́кторович Луце́нко; born 10 November 1978)[2] is a Ukrainian journalist and politician.
Early life
Lutsenko was born on 10 November 1978 in Kyiv, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union.[2] In 2002, he received a master's degree from the Kyiv School of Economics.[3]
Prior to entering politics, Lutsenko worked a variety of jobs. He was a consultant to the International Centre for Policy Studies.[3] He was then a journalist, working as an editor for the magazine "Companion", the section "Big Money" of the newspaper "The Power of Money", the business section of Korrespondent, editor-in-chief of "Ekonomichna Pravda", and finally for Ukrainska Pravda.[3]
Political career
He first became politically active after becoming one of the founders of "Save Old Kyiv", a public movement to preserve the historical areas of Kyiv.[3] He then ran as an independent candidate in the Verkhovna Rada during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election for the 223rd constituency, but withdrew his candidacy in favour of Yuriy Levchenko.[3]
Lutsenko took part in the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv. During the start of the Euromaidan protests, he became a deputy commandant of the protest camp in Kyiv, and was a member of the Maidan People's Union.[3] In January 2014, he was abducted and beaten along with Yuriy Verbytsky who died.[4][5] In April 2021, the Boryspil City District Court of the Kyiv Oblast announced they had sentenced the suspect in the cases, Oleksandr Volkov, to nine years in prison.[6]
In 2014, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada on the party list of Batkivshchyna.[2] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he lost reelection for this party in constituency 154 (Rivne Oblast).[7] In October 2019 Lutsenko became an adviser to the Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko.[8]
Military service
He briefly served as a member of the Azov Brigade during the War in Donbas before he joined parliament.[3]
Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Lutsenko joined the 72nd Mechanized Brigade.[9] Since 2023, he has been an instructor of the combat detachment of the 190th training center, and he obtained the rank of sergeant.[3]
Awards
- On 3 May 2022 President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded Ihor Lutsenko with Order for Courage[10] for his participation starting from Spring 2014 in the Russo-Ukrainian war mostly for his impact as operator of drones in deterring Russian aggressors first of all during the Battle of Kyiv.[11] Lutsenko is a member of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade.[9]
References
- ^ CEC registers 357 newly elected deputies of 422 Archived 2014-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, National Radio Company of Ukraine (25 November 2014)
Parliament to form leadership and coalition on November 27, UNIAN (26 November 2014) - ^ a b c "Луценко Ігор Вікторович" [Ihor Viktorovych Lutsenko] (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada website. Archived from the original on 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Луценко Ігор Вікторович". LB.ua. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ Bigg, Claire; Shtogrin, Iryna (23 January 2014). "Abducted And Left To Die: Euromaidan Supporter Found Dead In Forest". RFERL.
- ^ Olearchyk, Roman (31 January 2014). "Tales of brutality emerge from Ukraine protests". Financial Times.
- ^ "Викрадення і катування Ігоря Луценка та Юрія Вербицького: суд дав 9 років за ґратами обвинуваченому Волкову". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). 16 April 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ "Нардеп від "Батьківщини" Луценко визнав свою поразку на виборах до ВР у мажоритарному округу в Рівненській області".
- ^ "Екс-нардеп Луценко став радником Кличка".
- ^ a b "Ihor Lutsenko article list". Focus (in Ukrainian). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
"Ihor Lutsenko article list". Lb.ua (in Ukrainian). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2023. - ^ Decree of President Zelensky on awarding of a set of Ukrainian military from 3 May 2022
- ^ Ukrainian military drone operator: it is crucial for Ukraine to keep attacking, Euromaidan Press, 4 April 2022