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Oleksandr Marchenko (politician)
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Marchenko (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Олекса́ндрович Ма́рченко; 14 January 1965 – 7 March 2022) was a Ukrainian politician.
Oleksandr Marchenko | |
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Marchenko in 2014 | |
| Member of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office 27 November 2014 – 29 August 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Marchenko 14 January 1965 Rybchyntsi, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 6 March 2022 (aged 57) Pushcha-Vodytsia, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | Svoboda |
| Education | Interregional Academy of Personnel Management |
A member of Svoboda, he served in the Verkhovna Rada from 2014 to 2019.[1] In 2014 he joined a militia unit to fight in the Russian-Ukrainian war.[2]
He was killed in action in Pushcha-Vodytsia, Kyiv, while fighting in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine on 6 March 2022, at the age of 57.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ . Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 24 March 2019.
- ^ "Олександра Марченка відзначили медаллю "За оборону Авдіївки"". ВО "Свобода" (in Ukrainian). 30 April 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "У війні з окупантом загинув народний депутат VIII скликання свободівець Олександр Марченко". Svoboda (in Ukrainian). 7 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Petition on posthumous assignment to the defender of the Kyiv region Oleksandr Marchenko the title of Hero of Ukraine". My Kyiv Region. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
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