Olena Khomenko

Olena Viktorivna Khomenko (Ukrainian: Олена Вікторівна Хоменко; born on 7 December 1975), is a Kyrgyz-born Ukrainian politician who is currently serving as a member of the Verkhovna Rada since 29 August 2019.

She is also the vice president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 23 January 2023.

Biography

Olena Khomenko was born in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on 7 December 1975.

She graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the Kyiv National University of Economics named after Vadym Hetman (specialty "Marketing Management"). She received a diploma in marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK). She worked in management positions in leading telecom and IT companies.

She had been a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence.

On 19 May 2021, she had been a member of the temporary investigative commission of the VRU on the investigation of possible illegal actions of representatives of state authorities and other persons that could contribute to the violation of state sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine and pose a threat to the national security of Ukraine.

On 22 January 2023, Khomenko became the PACE Vice-president and Deputy Member of the Permanent Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.