Valentyna Ivanivna Danishevska (Ukrainian: Валентина Іванівна Данішевська; born 23 March 1957) is a Ukrainian lawyer and judge who served as Chairwoman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine from 2017 to 2021. She is the first woman to hold the position of the Head of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.
Valentyna Danishevska | |
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Валентина Данішевська | |
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| Chairwoman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine | |
| In office 30 November 2017 – 30 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Yaroslav Romanyuk |
| Succeeded by | Vsevolod Kniaziev |
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| Born | 23 March 1957 Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Alma mater | Odesa University |
| Occupation | Jurist |
Biography edit
Danishevska is from Zaporizhzhia Oblast. She graduated law faculty of the Odesa University in 1983. Her career started by working for various government enterprises legal departments. By late 1980s she became an arbiter at first at the commerce department of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast State Administration and since 1992 at the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Arbitration Court.
In 2000s Danishevska worked for Deloitte as a director of the Center of Commerce Law.
In 2016 she was elected a judge of arbitration court of the Supreme Court of Ukraine. In 2017 Danishevska was selected as a chairwoman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.[1] During the voting she earned 67 votes of 111 participants.[2] Danishevska was elected on the term of four years.[3]
References edit
- ^ The new head of the Supreme Council of Ukraine was elected Valentyna Danishevska (Новим головою Верховного суду України обрали Валентину Данішевську). 24 TV. 30 November 2017
- ^ Fedir Prokopchuk. Who is the new head of the Supreme Court of Ukraine Valentyna Danishevska (Хто така нова голова Верховного Суду України Валентина Данішевська). Hromadske. 30 November 2017
- ^ Valentyna Danishevska was elected a head of the Supreme Council (Валентина Данішевська обрана головою Верховного Суду). argumentua. 30 November 2017
External links edit
- Valentyna Danishevska at the Official Ukraine Today
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