Valentin Didych

Valentyn Volodymyrovych Didych (, born 11 October 1957) is a Ukrainian politician who was a People's Deputy of Ukraine from November 2014 to July 2019, representing Ukraine's 40th electoral district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. He was previously chairman of Krynychky Raion from 2005 to 2010.

Early life and career Valentyn Volodymyrovych Didych was born 11 October 1957 in the village of , then part of the Soviet Union. He studied at the Uman Agricultural Institute (now the ), graduating in 1980 with a degree in agronomy. 28 years after graduating from the Uman Agricultural Institute, he earned a degree in state administration from the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine.

From 1982 to 1996 he was head of production at the Agro-Industrial Association of Krynychky Raion, later becoming the association's director. He was also director of Dar, a winemaking company, from 1996 to 2005.

Didych ran in the 40th district again during the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, this time as a member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc. This time, he was successfully elected, winning 27.55% of the vote against Riazantsev's 13.36%.

People's Deputy of Ukraine Didych was a member of the Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Affairs. He left the Petro Poroshenko Bloc in April 2015, becoming an independent Didych has expressed opposition to healthcare reforms proposed by Ulana Suprun, claiming that they do not allow paramedical or midwife services to exist. He supports Olha Bohomolets's proposed healthcare reforms as an alternative to Suprun's proposal due to its maintenance of existing healthcare structures.

As a People's Deputy, Didych was accused of piano voting by anti-corruption non-governmental organisation Chesno. Chesno also alleged that his role as a member of the Committee on Agrarian Policy involved conflicts of interest due to his wife's status as the beneficiary of a grain company. Anti-corruption monitoring portal Stopcor accused him of bringing financial losses to farmers by supporting a bill abolishing value-added tax on sunflower, soybean and rapeseed exports.

Didych was a candidate in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election in the 40th district. He was not successfully elected, being defeated by Oleksandr Trukhin from the Servant of the People party.