Larysa Trofymenko

Larysa Serhiivna Trofymenko (Ukrainian: Лариса Сергіївна Трофименко; born 15 February 1950) is a former Soviet and Ukrainian politician. She served as a member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 3rd convocation (1998–2002).

Early life and education Larysa Trofymenko was born on 15 February 1950 in the village of Hruzske, Kryvyi Rih district, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (some sources indicate Kryvyi Rih as her birthplace). Her father, Serhii Mykolaiovych Hrechka (1918–1975), was a teacher; her mother, Liudmyla Akimivna (born 1927), is a pensioner. She has a daughter, Maryna (born 1979).

Career From 1972 to 1973 Larysa Trofymenko worked as a teacher of Ukrainian language and literature at School No. 2 in Kadiivka, Luhansk Oblast. In 1974–1975 she was an organizer of extracurricular activities at School No. 7 in Kharkiv. Between 1975 and 1982 she served as principal of schools in Novolozuvate and Lozuvate (Kryvyi Rih district).

She was a member of the Hromada faction (1998–1999), the “Independents” group (1999–2000), the “Revival of the Regions” group (2000–2001), and the Democratic Union Party faction (from April 2001). She served on several parliamentary committees, including those on parliamentary procedure and ethics, social policy and labor, and agrarian policy and land relations.

From November 1999 she was deputy chair of the political party Solidarity of Ukrainian Women.

In the 2002 parliamentary elections she again ran in district No. 37 but was not elected.

Later life After leaving politics, Larysa Trofymenko turned to private entrepreneurial activity.

Awards and recognition

Honored Education Worker of Ukraine Orders of Princess Olga, 2nd and 3rd class “Honorary Cross” of the International Economic Rating organization Honorary diplomas of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Laureate of the All-Ukrainian Award “Woman of the Third Millennium” (2008), in the “Rating” category Honorary citizen of Kryvyi Rih district