Kira Rudyk

Kira Oleksandrivna Rudyk (born October 14, 1985 in Uzhhorod[1])[2] is a Ukrainian politician and current leader of the political party Voice and since 2019 a member of the Ukrainian parliament.[3][4][5]

Kira Rudyk
Кіра Рудик
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
29 August 2019
Leader of Voice
Assumed office
12 March 2020
Preceded bySvyatoslav Vakarchuk
Personal details
Born
Kira Oleksandrivna Rudyk

(1985-10-14) 14 October 1985
Uzhhorod, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyVoice
EducationNational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Biography

Born on 14 October 1985 in Uzhhorod,[1] Rudyk graduated in 2008 from the Faculty of Informatics of the Kiev-Mohyla Academy with a degree in Information Control Systems and Technologies.[6] She worked in several IT companies in Ukraine and the United States, and went from being a tester to a top manager.[6] In 2005 she started her IT career as a software tester at Software MacKiev and in 2010 she moved on to leading functions at MiMedia (2010-2013, Rudyk worked in the USA for 8 months) and TechTeamLabs (2013-2016).[6] In 2016 she became the chief operating manager of Ring Ukraine.[6] Rudyk served as COO of Ring Ukraine,[7] a division of Ring Inc. purchased by Amazon in 2018.[4]

Rudyk participated in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election and was elected as a deputy, contesting the election placed third on the election list of Voice.[6] After Svyatoslav Vakarchuk stepped down as the leader of Voice on 12 March 2020, Rudyk was elected to replace him.[1][5]

References
  1. (in Ukrainian) Sviatoslav Vakarchuk is no longer the chairman of the Voice party, Pershyi Ukraine (12 March 2020)
  2. https://pep.org.ua/en/person/43933
  3. https://concorde.ua/rs/daily/item_75942/
  4. "New wave of young Ukrainians shakes up parliamentary polls". France 24. 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  5. "Ukrainian Singer Vakarchuk Steps Down As Head of Holos Political Party". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  6. (in Russian) Short biography of Kira Rudyk, LIGA
  7. "iForum.ua". 2019.iforum.ua. Retrieved 2020-05-17.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.