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Ihor Lutsenko (politician)

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Ihor Lutsenko
Ігор Луценко
Lutsenko in 2012
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
27 November 2014[1] – 24 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1978-11-10) 10 November 1978 (age 45)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyAll-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
Alma materNational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
AwardsOrder for Courage 3d class

Ihor Viktorovych Lutsenko (Ukrainian: І́гор Ві́кторович Луце́нко; born 10 November 1978)[2] is a Ukrainian journalist and politician.

Lutsenko took part in the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv. In January 2014, he was abducted and beaten along with Yuriy Verbytsky who died.[3][4]

In 2014, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada on the party list of Batkivshchyna.[2] But in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election he lost reelection for this party in constituency 154 (Rivne Oblast).[5] In October 2019 Lutsenko became an adviser of the Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko.[6]

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Lutsenko joined the 72nd Mechanized Brigade.[7]

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  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ a b "Луценко Ігор Вікторович" [Ihor Viktorovych Lutsenko] (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada website.
  3. ^ Bigg, Claire; Shtogrin, Iryna (23 January 2014). "Abducted And Left To Die: Euromaidan Supporter Found Dead In Forest". RFERL.
  4. ^ Olearchyk, Roman (31 January 2014). "Tales of brutality emerge from Ukraine protests". Financial Times.
  5. ^ "Нардеп від "Батьківщини" Луценко визнав свою поразку на виборах до ВР у мажоритарному округу в Рівненській області".
  6. ^ "Екс-нардеп Луценко став радником Кличка".
  7. ^ a b "Ihor Lutsenko article list". Focus (in Ukrainian). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
    "Ihor Lutsenko article list". Lb.ua [uk] (in Ukrainian). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  8. ^ Decree of President Zelensky on awarding of a set of Ukrainian military from 3 May 2022
  9. ^ Ukrainian military drone operator: it is crucial for Ukraine to keep attacking, Euromaidan Press, 4 April 2022