Merezhko Oleksandr Oleksandrovych

Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee and the only deputy from "Servant of the People"

Doctor of Law, head of the Department of International Law; People's Deputy of the IX convocation from "Servant of the People" (No. 85 on the list). Since May 2024 — chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Policy and Interparliamentary Cooperation (replaced Yaremenko after a sex scandal). Member of the Temporary Special Commission regarding possible unlawful actions threatening Ukraine's sovereignty. Declaration for 2024: assets of UAH 6.9 million; two apartments in Kyiv and one in Poland. Known for controversial scientific theses — including an article claiming that compensation to the victims of the Holodomor should be paid by the Ukrainian state, not the Russian Federation.

Call for government resignation amid the "Midas" scandal and vote for the anti-NABU law No. 12414

On November 19, 2025 — the only current deputy from the mono-majority who called live for a "complete renewal of the government" due to the "Mindich tapes"; stated that "the exact number of involved government officials is unknown." However, despite this public gesture, in July 2025 he voted "for" bill No. 12414 — subordinating NABU and SAP to the Prosecutor General. The contradiction between anti-corruption rhetoric and support for the law that destroyed the independence of anti-corruption bodies became the subject of harsh criticism in the media.