Oleksandr Feldman
Oleksandr Borisovich Feldman (born 6 January 1960 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician, financier of education, and one of the community leaders of the Ukrainian Jewish community.
He is a member of the Ukrainian Parliament and president of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee.[1] Feldman is also a co-founder of the Institute of Human Rights and the Prevention of Extremism and Xenophobia.[2]
Feldman first entered the Ukrainian parliament after winning a single-member district located in Kharkiv during the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[3] In parliament he joined the United Ukraine faction and when that party merged with Batkivshchyna Feldman joined this party too.[3][4][5][6]
Batkivshchyna was a part of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc during the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election and 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Feldman was re-eleted into parliament on a party ticket of this bloc of political parties.[3][7] He also was of its Kharkiv regional party organization.[3] In March 2011 Feldman left the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc faction in parliament and joined the Party of Regions.[3] He did so citing too much influence of nationalism in the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.[3]
In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Feldman won a parliamentary seat in a single-member district located in Kharkiv for Party of Regions.[3]
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Feldman as an independent candidate won the same single-member district as in 2012 with 64.94% of the votes.[8][3]
Feldman joined the party Our Land in August 2015.[9]
References
- ↑ Daniel K. Eisenbud (March 10, 2014). "Ukrainian Jewish Committee: Russian claims of anti-Semitism in Crimea are lies, propaganda". Jerusalem Post.
- ↑ "Ukrainian Jews Fear for Their Safety – 'We Are on High Alert'". The Algemeiner. December 8, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина" All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna, RBC Ukraine
- ↑ ORANGE COALITION CRUMBLES AHEAD OF POLLS, The Jamestown Foundation (30 November 2005)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Партія «Єдина Україна» Party "United Ukraine", poli.in.ua
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Всеукраїнське об'єднання „Батьківщина“, Database DATA
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Candidates and winner for the seat in constituency 174 in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, RBK Ukraine
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Mayors of major cities joined the party "Our Land" and go to the polls, Espreso TV (4 August 2015)