Oleksandr Feldman

Oleksandr Feldman

Olexandr Borisovich Feldman (born January 6, 1960, Kharkov) is a Ukrainian politician and public figure of Jewish origin, People's Deputy of Ukraine (since 2002), businessman, multi-millionaire. One of the most influential people in Kharkov.[1] In 2013 he entered the rating of the hundred richest Ukrainians of the Ukrainian magazine Forbes, finishing 35th ($ 287m).[2] Since June 2015, the co-chairman of the political party Our Land (Ukraine).

Biography

He is married and has two sons[3] and a grandson David (2008).[1] He graduated from the Kharkiv National University. VN Karazin (2002), an economist.[4]

He is a member of the Ukrainian Parliament and president of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee.[5] Feldman is also a co-founder of the Institute of Human Rights and the Prevention of Extremism and Xenophobia.[6]

Feldman first entered the Ukrainian parliament after winning a single-member district located in Kharkiv during the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[7] In parliament he joined the United Ukraine faction and when that party merged with Batkivshchyna Feldman joined this party too.[7][8][9][10]

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.[7][11] He also was of its Kharkiv regional party organization.[7] In March 2011 Feldman left the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc faction in parliament and joined the Party of Regions.[7] He did so citing too much influence of nationalism in the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.[7]

In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Feldman won a parliamentary seat in a single-member district located in Kharkiv for Party of Regions.[7]

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.[7][12]

Feldman joined the party Our Land in August 2015.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Фельдман Александр. ДОСЬЕ  :: Персональный сайт Сергея Руденко". www.rudenko.kiev.ua. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  2. ↑ ""Форбс" оценил сотню самых богатых украинцев в 55 млрд. долларов" (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  3. ↑ "Биография". Александр Фельдман (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  4. ↑ "Довідка: Фельдман Олександр Борисович". dovidka.com.ua. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  5. ↑ Daniel K. Eisenbud (March 10, 2014). "Ukrainian Jewish Committee: Russian claims of anti-Semitism in Crimea are lies, propaganda". Jerusalem Post.
  6. ↑ "Ukrainian Jews Fear for Their Safety – 'We Are on High Alert'". The Algemeiner. December 8, 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
  8. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина" All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna, RBC Ukraine
  9. ↑ ORANGE COALITION CRUMBLES AHEAD OF POLLS, The Jamestown Foundation (30 November 2005)
  10. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Партія «Єдина Україна» Party "United Ukraine", poli.in.ua
  11. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Всеукраїнське об'єднання „Батьківщина“, Database DATA
  12. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Candidates and winner for the seat in constituency 174 in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, RBK Ukraine
  13. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Mayors of major cities joined the party "Our Land" and go to the polls, Espreso TV (4 August 2015)
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