Valeriy Sushkevich

Valeriy Mykhailovych Sushkevych (; born 14 June 1954) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine since 1998. He is president of the National Committee of Sports for the Disabled of Ukraine (National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine), head of the Ukrainian public socio-political association "National Assembly of Disabled of Ukraine", and president of the Association "Sports Industry of Ukraine." In the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election for For United Ukraine!, although in parliament he joined the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc faction. In the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election and 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Sushkevych was re-elected to parliament for the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was elected to parliament for Batkivshchyna.

Sushkevych was appointed Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 23 May 2019 by a decree of President Volodymyr Zelensky.