Olena Kondratiuk

Olena Kostiantynivna Kondratiuk (Олена Костянтинівна Кондратюк, born 17 November 1970, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian politician, Deputy Chair of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 9th convocation, Member of the Parliament of the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th convocations from the “Batkivshchyna” party. Secretary of the VRU Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy of the 8th Convocation, Deputy Member of the Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Co-Chairman of the Inter-Factional Deputy Caucus "Equal Opportunities". Former director of the “Radnyk” PR agency.

Early life and education
Olena Kondratiuk was born in Lviv. In 1993, she graduated from Ivan Franko Lviv National University as a historian. PhD of historical sciences, was engaged in the research of public movements in Ukraine.

Career
Since 2007, she has been Member of the Parliament from the Tymoshenko Bloc. In the 2012 and 2014 elections, she was re-elected from the Batkivshchyna party. Member of the VRU Committee on Freedom of Speech.

2012-2014 — deputy member of the Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

2007-2012 — deputy member of the delegation in the delegation in the Parliamentary dimension of the Central European Initiative.

Author of 91 draft laws: VIII convocation — 34 draft laws (5 of which became Laws), VII convocation — 28 (3 became Laws), VI convocation — 29 (13 became Laws).

Co-author of the Law of Ukraine "On Ensuring the Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as a State Language".

Active lobbyist of draft law 3822-1 on quotas for Ukrainian songs.

In December 2011, she was one of the founders of the Inter-factional Deputy Association "Equal Opportunities".

Candidate for Member of the Parliament from "Batkivshchyna" in the 2019 parliamentary elections, No. 5 on the list. According to the results of the elections, she was elected to the Verkhovna Rada of the 9th convocation.

In August 2019, she was elected Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 9th convocation.

From November 13, 2020, to November 29, 2020, served as the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

During the large-scale invasion, she repeatedly performed representative functions abroad, in particular, she headed the Ukrainian delegation at the 8th Summit of the Heads of Parliaments of the G20.

Awards
Award of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "Firearm" (May 29, 2014; "Fort 9", No. 100008, caliber 9 mm).

Order of Princess Olga III degree (August 23, 2021) — for a significant personal contribution to state building, strengthening defense capabilities, socio-economic, scientific-technical, cultural-educational development of the Ukrainian state, significant labor achievements, many years of conscientious work and on the occasion of the 30 anniversary of the independence of Ukraine

Family
Father — Kostyantyn Kondratiuk, professor, doctor of historical sciences at Ivan Franko Lviv National University.

The husband is Oleksandr Bohutskyi, director of the ICTV channel, member of the board of the EastOne investment consulting company. They are raising their daughter, Yustyna.