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Natalia Korolevska
Наталія Юріївна Королевська
Natalia Korolevska in 2012
Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 December 2012
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
25 May 2006 – 15 December 2012
Personal details
Born (1975-05-18) 18 May 1975 (age 49)
Krasnyi Luch, Ukrainian SSR
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyParty of Natalia Korolevska "Ukraine – Forward!"[1]
Other political
affiliations		All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (2005-2011)[2]
SpouseYuriy Solod[3]
Children2 sons[3]
Residence(s)Kiev, Ukraine
Alma materEast Ukraine Volodymyr Dahl National University and Donetsk State Academy of Management
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionManager[4]
Websitewww.korolevskaya.com.ua

Template:Eastern Slavic name Natalia Yuriivna Korolevska (Template:Lang-uk) (born 18 May 1975 in Krasnyi Luch[5]) is a Ukrainian politician[6] and member of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament). Since 23 December 2011 she is the party-leader of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party.[1] On 22 March 2012 the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party was renamed Party of Natalia Korolevska "Ukraine – Forward!".[7][8]

Biography

Korolevska was born in the former USSR in 1975, her father was a miner, her mother a teacher.[9] Korolevska graduated from the East Ukraine Volodymyr Dahl National University in 1997[10][11] and the Donetsk State Academy of Management in 2002 (speciality "Manager of organizations").[4] From 1992 Korolevska worked in several management functions, starting in a company set up by her older brother Kostiantyn,[12] earning a "Leader of middle business" award in 2004.[4]

Political career

From 2002 until 2006 Korolevska was a deputy of the Luhansk regional parliament. During the Presidential election 2004 she supported Victor Yanukovich.[13][14] Korolevska was a member of Council of Entrepreneurs under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the years 2003, 2004 and 2005.[15]

Korolevska became a member of All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (a part of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko) in autumn 2005 because "she is sure that the block of Yulia Tymoshenko is the future".[13] Korolevska decided to enter national politics: "I knew the most complex problems of the Donbass and sincerely wanted to solve them, but saw and understood that it is impossible to do at the level of the regional council.[16] It is in this spirit that I arrived in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) in 2006. Disappointment came quickly enough: it seems that everyone here is well aware of the difficulties, but nobody makes an attempt resolve them and to help the people."[16] During the 2006 and 2007 parliamentary elections, she was elected as a deputy to the Verkhovna Rada. Korolevska is the current chairman of the committee on issues of industrial and regulatory policy and entrepreneurship in the Verkhovna Rada.[10][17][18][19][20]

Korolevska represented her party early December 2011 at the Congress of the European People's Party (party leader Tymoshenko was in custody at the time).[21][22]

On 23 December 2011, Korolevska was elected the leader of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party (just like her former party, that party was also a member of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc).[1] Hence she did not change faction in the Verkhovna Rada.[1]

On 14 March 2012 Korolevska was expelled from her “Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivschyna”-faction after refusing to vote for the inclusion of a proposal in the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada (according to the faction; Korolevska claimed her "voting card" was stolen and that she wanted to vote for the proposal[23]).[24] The faction stated Korolevska was expelled "for breach of parliamentary ethics and cooperation with the Presidential Administration"; she had been reprimanded previously.[23][25] Two deputies of the “Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivschyna”-faction, who were like Korolevska members of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party,[26] resigned from the faction in protest against Korolevska's expelling the same day.[27]

On the 22 March 2012 party congress the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party was renamed Ukraine – Forward!.[7][8] In the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election this/her party won 1.58% of the national votes and no constituencies and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.[28][29]

Political positions

“Almost 20 years spent talking about European values and the principles of democracy has lead us to the world of illusions and double standards”

Korolevska during the Yalta European Strategy conference 2011[30]

Korolevska political goal is "to create an efficient, transparent and stable economy"[31] with less Government involvement.[15] She claims to stand for political reforms to combat poverty and corruption.[31] Korolevska wants to involve the non-government sector more in decision-making.[30] She is against re-privatization.[32]

In February 2012 she accused the Azarov Government of being "amateurish" "and it doesn't seem to notice that the country is on the verge of default".[33]

Early march 2012 Korolevska called for the opposition to run the 2012 parliamentary elections on a single list.[34] The day after she was expelled from the “Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivschyna”-faction (formerly BYuT faction) in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) on 14 March 2012 she stated "Deputies from the so-called opposition have united with the majority factions; an anti-national majority consisting of representatives of the current and previous government has been formed in the Verkhovna Rada".[24][35] Korolevska's Ukrainian Social Democratic Party left the Dictatorship Resistance Committee (the main vehicle where the opposition was negotiating forming joint electoral list of candidates in electoral districts in the 2012 parliamentary elections[36][37]) on 14 March 2012.[26]

Cultural and political image

Korolevska is seen as a representative of the upcoming generation of political leaders of Ukraine.[30] In 2007 "Focus" magazine placed Korolevska 66th in a survey investigating the most influential women of Ukraine.[38] In 2009 she reached the 9th spot in that survey (six places higher than the Minister of Labor and Social Policy Lyudmyla Denisova);[39] "in 2009 she increased her presence in the coal market of Ukraine", according to Focus.[40]

In February 2008 Focus placed Korolevska at the 93rd place in their ranking of the richest Ukrainians.[15] Experts of the magazine assessed her assets to be worth US$ 243 million (in the food industry).[15] According to Korolevska she is no longer active in business and her husband controls her assets.[32]

According to media in Luhansk Korolevska remains one of the most influential figures in that region.[15]

According to experts Korolevska spend about $1.25 million on a spring 2012 national billboards campaign aimed at raising her profile; her press service did not give any figures about expenditures on this ad campaign, stating it was a “commercial secret”.[41]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Korolevska promises not to change ideology of Ukrainian Social Democratic Party, Kyiv Post (24 December 2011)
  2. ^ Template:Uk iconYulia Tymoshenko Bloc election list, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  3. ^ a b Template:Uk icon Соратниця Тимошенко повторює за Довгим, а її дітей виховують її батьки, Tablo ID (January 8, 2009)
  4. ^ a b c Biography, Who-is-Who.com.ua
  5. ^ Template:Uk iconBiography, Довідники про сучасну Україну
  6. ^ Template:Uk iconNatalia Korolevska's profile, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  7. ^ a b Template:Uk icon Королевська перейменувалася та обіцяє звинувачувати лідерів БЮТ, Ukrayinska Pravda (22 March 2012)
  8. ^ a b Template:Uk icon УСДП перейменувалася в партію "Україна – Вперед!", BBC Ukrainian (22 March 2012)
  9. ^ Template:Ru icon Н.Королевская: «Раскол между Западом и Востоком Украины надуман политическими лозунгами, а не внутренним состоянием людей», From-UA (November 20, 2008)
  10. ^ a b Template:Uk iconНаталия Королевская: «Луганск - не Донецк…», Остров (13 March 2008)
  11. ^ Template:Uk iconГлавой ФГИ может стать Наталья Королевская. Портнов уже попросился в отставку, Остров (May 20, 2008)
  12. ^ A Royal Gift to the Government, The Ukrainian Week (5 June 2012)
  13. ^ a b Template:Uk iconНародна депутатка з Луганська від БЮТу раніше підтримувала Віктора Януковича, Gazeta.ua (March 23, 2007)
  14. ^ Template:Uk iconСпецпроект «Невідома Україна». Снігова королева, Контракти (July 16, 2007)
  15. ^ a b c d e Template:Ru icon Королевская Наталия Юрьевна, LІGA.net
  16. ^ a b Template:Ru iconНаталья Королевская: «У нас в семье патриархат», VV news (March 23, 2010)
  17. ^ Korolevska: Ukrainians not to notice rise in social standards, economy to be in shadows, Kyiv Post (October 21, 2009)
  18. ^ Template:Uk iconMP Korolevska Of BYT For Clipping Taxation Of Entrepreneurs To Get Over Economic Crisis, Ukrainian News Agency (November 7, 2008)
  19. ^ People's deputy Korolevska: NBU's discount rate should be lowered, Kyiv Post (May 8, 2010)
  20. ^ Korolevska: Decision on placing gambling establishments must be taken after local referendums, Kyiv Post (May 25, 2010)
  21. ^ Korolevska to report on situation with Tymoshenko at EPP's 20th congress, Interfax Ukraine (5 December 2011)
  22. ^ BYT-Batkivschyna demands Tymoshenko, Lutsenko be examined by foreign doctors, Interfax Ukraine (5 December 2011)
  23. ^ a b Template:Uk icon Королевську викинули з БЮТ, Ukrayinska Pravda (14 March 2012)
  24. ^ a b Korolevska expelled from Batkivschyna faction, Kyiv Post (14 March 2012)
  25. ^ Template:Uk icon "Шури-мури" Королевської з АП стали останньою краплею для БЮТ, Ukrayinska Pravda (14 March 2012)
  26. ^ a b Template:Uk icon З БЮТ пішли дві людини Королевської, Ukrayinska Pravda (14 March 2012)
  27. ^ Suslov, Lohvynenko submit statements to quit BYUT-Batkivshchyna, Kyiv Post (14 March 2012)
  28. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYTSVOB8112012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  29. ^ Template:Uk icon Proportional votes, Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine
  30. ^ a b c Young opposition leaders disappoint in Yalta, Kyiv Post (September 19, 2011)
  31. ^ a b Template:Uk icon Королевська стала обличчям модного журналу, Tablo ID (September 1, 2010)
  32. ^ a b Template:Ru icon Королевская Наталья, ДОСЬЕ
  33. ^ Korolevska:Government carrying out reshuffles to throw dust in eyes of Ukrainians, Kyiv Post (24 February 2012)
  34. ^ Korolevska urging Dictatorship Resistance Committee to form single list for parliamentary elections, Kyiv Post (7 March 2012)
  35. ^ Korolevska:Anti-national majority formed in parliament, Kyiv Post (15 March 2012)
  36. ^ Template:Uk icon Комітет опору диктатурі спробує поділити округи, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (21 November 2011)
  37. ^ Template:Uk icon Комітет опору диктатурі зробив паузу, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (21 November 2011)
  38. ^ Template:Uk icon Фаворитка Тимошенко, Tablo ID (December 20, 2006)
  39. ^ Template:Ru icon Рейтинг Фокуса: 100 самых влиятельных женщин и 100 деталей о них, Focus
  40. ^ Template:Ru icon Наталья Королевская, Focus
  41. ^ Korolevska everywhere, but is she going anywhere?, Kyiv Post (30 March 2012)

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