Wasyl Petiowka

Vasyl Vasyliovych Petiovka (; born 30 January 1967) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine since 12 December 2012.

Early life and career Vasyl Petiovka was born on 30 January 1967, in the village of Zavydovo, within what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1985 he graduated from Mukachevo cooperative technical school with the specialization as stock and sales manager of groceries and industrial goods. As a consequence, he was expelled from United Centre. In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was re-elected as an independent candidate from the 72nd electoral district, and became a member of Dovira.

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

Family Petiovka has a wife, named Maryna, and two sons. He is a cousin of Viktor Baloha, who is also a member of the Verkhovna Rada. Order of Merit (Ukraine) 2nd Class (07.2012) Order of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Patriarchate of Moscow of Knight Volodymyr