Ivan Stupak

Ivan Ivanovych Stupak (; born 24 April 1982 in Pidhorodne, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian politician, former officer of the Security Service of Ukraine, military expert, analyst, and public activist. He served as a deputy of the Kyiv Oblast Council of the VII convocation (2015–2020) from the party Petro Poroshenko Bloc “Solidarity”. He is an expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future. He is known for commenting on events of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the media.

Biography

Ivan Stupak was born on 24 April 1982 in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. He has lived in Kyiv since 1999.

From 2019 to 2022, he was an expert in the judicial and law enforcement reform program of the Ukrainian Institute for the Future (UIF).

Since 2019, he has consulted the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on National Security, Defense and Intelligence. This project received support from the “Matra” program of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. He actively participated in the development of draft laws “On Intelligence” and “On the Security Service of Ukraine”. He is the author of the concept of parliamentary oversight in Ukraine over the activities of special, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies, which was incorporated into the transitional provisions of the Law of Ukraine “On Intelligence”.

From 2020 to 2022, he was the owner and founder of NXT-Analytics (Kyiv), which specializes in preparing and publishing analytical studies in the field of national security and current events in Ukraine.

As a military analyst, he regularly comments on events of the Russo-Ukrainian War, issues of the activities of special services of Ukraine, Russia, and the Republic of Belarus, arms supplies, NATO strategies, cybersecurity, and geopolitics in Ukrainian media, such as BBC News, The New Voice of Ukraine, Channel 24, UNIAN, RBC Ukraine, Obozrevatel, and others. He is the author of numerous articles and columns on national security topics.

Political career In 2015, he was elected as a deputy of the Kyiv Oblast Council of the VII convocation from the party Petro Poroshenko Bloc “Solidarity” in the 44th district (Poliske Raion) as a non-partisan. He was a member of the faction of the same name and headed the permanent commission on regulations, deputy activities, legality, and law and order.

From 2019 to 2020, he was a member of the Presidium of the Political Council of the Agrarian Party of Ukraine.

Personal life

His father is Ivan Ivanovych Stupak (1960–2021), a former People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 7th convocation, former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Security Service of Ukraine, deputy head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast State Administration.

He is married to Khrystyna Stupak. He has a son Ivan and a daughter Vira.