Liudmyla Anatoliivna Buimister (Ukrainian: Людмила Анатоліївна Буймістер; born 5 November 1985) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 223rd electoral district, located in western Kyiv, since 2019. Elected as a member of the Servant of the People, she is currently an independent.

Liudmyla Buimister
Людмила Буймістер
Official portrait, 2019
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
29 August 2019
Preceded byYurii Levchenko [uk]
ConstituencyKyiv, No. 223
Personal details
Born (1985-11-05) 5 November 1985 (age 38)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Servant of the People (2019–2021)
Alma mater

Early life and education edit

Buimister was born into a family of diplomats. She graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations with a degree in "International Public Law" and the London Business School, where she majored in "Corporate Finance: Business Assessment, Risk, Restructuring").[1]

Career edit

Buimister worked in the "Industrial Group" consortium. From 2012 to 2018, she served as director of the Gdańsk Shipyard where she was a specialist in the field of new energy, recycling and environmental policy. Since April 2018, he has been engaged in consulting in the field of alternative energy and sustainable development. She headed the film distribution company "Kinomania".[2]

In 2019, Buimister became a candidate for people's deputies from the Servant of the People in the parliamentary elections (electoral district No. 223, Shevchenkivskyi District of Kyiv).[3] At the time of the elections, she was a member of the supervisory board of the Dunaferr Metallurgical Plant (Hungary), non-partisan, and resided in Kyiv.[4]

Buimister is a person close to businessman and politician Serhiy Taruta.[5] She is co-chairman of the group on inter-parliamentary relations with France. She is a member of the Permanent Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. She is also co-chairman of the group on inter-parliamentary relations with Romania. On 19 October 2021, Buimister was expelled from the Servant of the People.[6]

Personal life edit

Buimister is married to Serhiy Zhuravel, an architect and assistant on a voluntary basis. She has two daughters, Anastasia from the first marriage, and Viktoriya from the second marriage.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Людмила Буймистер о кризисе в энергетике (рос.)". tk.media. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Нові обличчя Києва у Верховній Раді: хто всі ці люди?". stolychno.news. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019.
  3. ^ ""Слуга народу" представила мажоритарників у 23 областях і Києві". Ukrainska Pravda. 21 June 2019. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Відомості про кандидата в народні депутати України". cvk.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019.
  5. ^ "223-й округ: "Слуга народу" від Тарути, ексмер та два нардепи". www.chesno.org (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Виключена із фракції "Слуга Народу" депутатка Буймістер розповіла, що планує робити далі | Громадське телебачення". hromadske.ua (in Ukrainian). 19 October 2021. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  7. ^ Костенко Виктор (26 July 2021). "Людмила Буймистер". DSnews.ua (in Russian). Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.