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Mr Oleksandr MEREZHKO (Ukraine, ALDE)

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Substitute
Deputy
Servant of the People

Verkhovna Rada
UA - 01008 - Kyiv
Ukraine

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2023 , 2022 , 2021

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 27/01/2025
  • Member: European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance from 14/03/2022 to 21/01/2024
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 30/09/2021 to 13/03/2022
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 27/01/2020 to 29/09/2021

In the Assembly

  • since 27/01/2025 Substitute - Ukraine
  • from 27/01/2020 to 21/01/2024 Representative - Ukraine

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 27/01/2020 to 21/01/2024)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 22/03/2021 to 21/01/2024)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 22/03/2021 to 25/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA-FEDORENKO (Full Member): Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation (from 09/12/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Olena KHOMENKO (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 26/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA-FEDORENKO (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 27/01/2020 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA-FEDORENKO (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 27/01/2025 to 08/12/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Lesia VASYLENKO (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Human Rights (since 27/01/2026)

Interventions

Last speeches

23/04/2026 | 16:10:24 Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, when we are talking about finance and terrorism, we should remember that our organisation has recognised Russia as a terrorist regime. Russia is a typical terrorist state, blackmailing the whole world and using acts of terror, not only against Ukraine, against our civilians, but also against other countries. And there are numerous acts of Russian terror committed on European soil. In fact, Russia is terrorist number one. And the Kremlin dictator is a... 23/04/2026 | 12:14:26 Thank you. Dear colleagues, When we are talking about the war in the Middle East and how to bring peace to the region, we should keep several things in mind. First, there is an axis of evil which is not interested in true peace in the Middle East and seeks only to destroy the rules-based order. I mean of course, two totalitarian terrorist regimes, Russia and Iran, which have officially concluded a comprehensive strategic partnership. Both regimes support each other in committing the crime of... 23/04/2026 | 10:40:08 Dear colleagues, The creation of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine is a truly landmark moment in the history of humankind and international law. It can be compared only to the creation of the Nuremberg Tribunal, and its continuation of human attempts to form necessary conditions for just peace and global security. There cannot be peace and security without justice. There cannot be justice without accountability. Martin Luther KING JR. once said, "True peace is... 01/10/2025 | 19:14:35 Mr President, dear colleagues, In my opinion, there are several points of disagreement between Ukraine and the Russian opposition. First of all, it's not clear what are the criteria for those who will represent so-called Russian democratic forces at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The truth is that there are no such objective criteria. I don't, for example, understand why there is no representation for captive nations in Russia. To me, the best kind of legitimacy when it... 30/09/2025 | 18:48:17 Dear colleagues, There are only two people in the world who openly claim Ukraine is not sovereign: Russian dictator Vladimir PUTIN and Hungarian authoritarian Mr Viktor ORBAN. There are only two countries in the world that violate Ukraine’s sovereign air space with drones: Russia and Hungary. And it is no coincidence. These so-called strongmen, as Vladimir PUTIN and Viktor ORBAN like to portray themselves, are allies and coordinate efforts against Ukraine. In fact, they are allies in...

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