Valeriy Davydenko
{{Short description|Ukrainian businessman and politician (1973–2020)}}
{{Expand Ukrainian|topic=bio|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Valeriy Davydenko
| image = НДУ 9 Давиденко Валерій Миколайович.jpg
| alma_mater = National University of Food Technologies
| birth_date = 16 March 1973
| death_date = {{death date and given age|2020|5|df=yes|23|47}}
| birth_place = Nosivka, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
| office = People's Deputy of Ukraine
| convocation = 9th convocation
| termstart = 29 August 2019
| termend = 23 May 2020
| convocation2 = 8th convocation
| termstart2 = 24 November 2014
| spouse =
| children = 2
| termend2 = 24 July 2019
| constituency = Zastup No. 1
}}
Valeriy Davydenko ({{langx|uk|Валерій Миколайович Давиденко}}, 16 March 1973, Nosivka, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 23 May 2020){{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2020/05/24/7252951/ Business with Kolobov, Nasirov's defense and Ulyanchenko's party. What is known about the found people's deputy Davydenko shot] Ukrainska Pravda (24 May 2020){{in lang|uk}} [https://m.glavcom.ua/country/criminal/ubitij-narodnij-deputat-valerij-davidenko-682129.html People's Deputy Valery Davydenko was found dead in], Glavcom (23 May 2020) was a Ukrainian businessman and politician.{{Cite web |date=2019-09-11 |title=Біографія - Давиденко Валерій Миколайович |url=http://davydenko.com.ua/about/ |access-date=2023-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911100858/http://davydenko.com.ua/about/ |archive-date=2019-09-11 }} He was found shot dead in the bathroom of his office on 23 May 2020.[https://www.unian.info/m/society/ukrainian-mp-valeriy-davydenko-found-dead-in-own-office-s-restroom-11008841.html Ukrainian MP Valeriy Davydenko found dead in own office's restroom], UNIAN (23 May 2020)
Early life and education
Born in Nosivka Chernihiv Oblast in 1973, Davydenko graduated from the National University of Food Technologies with a degree in mechanical engineering of food production equipment.
Career
From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, he worked as an insurance specialist. From 2004 to 2013, Davydenko was General Director of an agricultural company which was founded in 2003 by Davydenko's mother and the future Minister of Finance of Ukraine, Yuriy Kolobov. In 2020, fellow former member of parliament Andriy Verevskyi also had a stake in this company. Davydenko, Kolobov and member of parliament Borys Prykhodko were former owners of the bankrupt and liquidated Terra Bank.
In May 2013, Davydenko was appointed Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food in the second Azarov government (Yuriy Kolobov was Minister of Finance in this government). He was fired in March 2014 after the 2014 Ukrainian revolution that was the end of the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych.
Davydenko was first elected to the Ukrainian parliament in the 2014 parliamentary election for the party Zastup.{{in lang|ru}} [http://itar-tass.com/info/1530977 List of parties in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election], ITAR-TASS (24 October 2014)[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/231303.html Poroshenko Bloc candidates leading in 64 single-seat constituencies - CEC], Interfax-Ukraine (27 October 2014) He won the party's only seat when as an unaffiliated candidate in the 208th single-member constituency located in Bakhmach. He won with 38.86% of the vote.[http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2014/wp039ept001f01=910.html Data on vote counting at precincts within single-mandate districts Extraordinary parliamentary election on 26.10.2014] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009000000/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2014/wp039ept001f01=910.html |date=October 9, 2014 }}, Central Election Commission of Ukraine During the parliamentary campaign, public observers stated they had allegedly recorded voter bribery for Davydenko. Zastup claimed this had been a provocation. Davydenko later joined the parliamentary faction of Petro Poroshenko Bloc.{{cite web |url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radan_gs09/ns_golos?g_id=8580 |title=Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України |website=w1.c1.rada.gov.ua |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923030019/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radan_gs09/ns_golos?g_id=8580 |archive-date=2016-09-23}} Davydenko was re-elected, after again a win in the 208th constituency (with 37.43% of the vote) but this time as an independent candidate, in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.segodnya.ua/vybory2019/news/na-208-m-okruge-v-chernigovskoy-oblasti-slugu-naroda-panchenko-pobedil-nardep-davidenko-1308298.html|title = На 208-м округе в Черниговской области "слугу народа" Панченко опередил нардеп Давыденко| date=11 July 2022 }} A few months before his death, Davydenko was co-chairman of the political party Our Land. After the 2019 parliamentary election, Davydenko joined the Trust (parliamentary group) faction.
Death
Davydenko and his wife had two daughters. Davydenko was found shot dead in the bathroom of his office in Kyiv on 23 May 2020.
On 25 October 2020 {{ill|Anatoliy Hunko|uk|Гунько Анатолій Григорович}} from Servant of the People won the early election, called to replace Davydenko, in constituency 208 with 34.10%.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2019/wp040pt001f01=921pf7331=208.html Election results of the 25 October 2020 early election in Constituency 208], Central Election Commission of Ukraine Davydenko's wife Lyudmyla took 3rd place in the election with 26.68% of the votes.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/10/4/7268750/ Verkhovna Rada elections in 208 constituencies: The CEC registered the wife of the deceased deputy], Ukrayinska Pravda (4 October 2020)
See also
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