Robert Horvat

Robert Ivanovych Horvat (; born 17 February 1969) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 68th electoral district since 2014. A member of Dovira, Horvat is chairman of the Subcommittee on Legal Support of Customs Bodies of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy. He is also co-chair of the group for inter-parliamentary relations with the Czech Republic and head of the group for inter-parliamentary relations with Egypt.

Education In 2009, Horvat graduated from the Uzhhorod Training Center of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics and received a full higher education in "Accounting and Auditing".

Political career A member of the Dovira parliamentary group, Horvat was previously a member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction.

Horvat and three other Dovira faction members (Valerii Lunchenko, Vasyl Petiovka and Vladislav Poliak ) founded the local Zakarpattia Oblast party Native Zakarpattia. This party won 12 of the 64 seats in the Zakarpattia Oblast Council during the 2020 Ukrainian local elections.

In 2016-2019, Horvat developed a scheme to seize 323 hectares of land used by a state-owned enterprise, causing the state losses of UAH 123 million. In November 2023, the High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a pre-trial restraint on Horvat with bail set at UAH 27 million.