Stefanchuk Ruslan Oleksiyovych
Presidential Representative in the Verkhovna Rada
Politician
Granddaughter of the Commander-in-Chief of the Carpathian Sich, speech therapist who became Vice Prime Minister for European Integration
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze is one of the most consistent pro-European integration voices in parliament, whose public image is practically free of scandal. Granddaughter of Dmytro Klympush — the Commander-in-Chief of the Carpathian Sich. A speech therapist by first education, later attended Harvard Summer School, the University of Montana, East-West, and the Independent Center for Political Studies. Member of Parliament of the VIII and IX convocations from the People's Front and European Solidarity. Married to Georgian diplomat Archil Tsintsadze, with two daughters.
Vice Prime Minister for European Integration 2016–2019 and blocked trip to the EU
From April 2016 to August 2019 — the first Vice Prime Minister in Ukraine responsible for European and Euro-Atlantic integration. In 2019, after being elected to the IX convocation, she became chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the EU. Klympush-Tsintsadze publicly stated that the leadership of the Verkhovna Rada blocked her trip to a meeting with heads of committees of EU countries — one of the few scandals associated with her name.
Support of Chervinsky and declaration without property value
On July 18, 2024, at the Shevchenkivskyi Court, Klympush-Tsintsadze supported the accused Colonel Roman Chervinsky — an officer of the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) who was suspected of organizing a terrorist attack in the Russian Federation and sabotage in Russia. The very fact of her participation in court supporting the accused intelligence officer attracted public attention. In the declarations filed with the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), the value of real estate rights acquired in the current year was not indicated.