Yuriy Kuzbyt

Yuriy Mykhailovych Kuzbyt (; born 29 March 1977) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine representing Ukraine's 101st electoral district as a member of Servant of the People since 2019.

Early life and career Yuriy Mykhailovych Kuzbyt was born on 29 March 1977 in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, located in western Ukraine. He graduated from the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, specialising in jurisprudence. In 2016, he became a recognised lawyer.

In 2000, Kuzbyt was hired as a lawyer by the government of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. The next year, he became head of the legal department of Ruslana-Tekstyl TOV. He was also head of the legal department for matters of land at the private in Kyiv. He was successfully elected, defeating independent Maxym Polyakov (formerly a party-list deputy from the People's Front) with 42.15% of the vote compared to Polyakov's 20.60%.

In the Verkhovna Rada (national parliament of Ukraine), Kuzbyt joined the Servant of the People faction, the Verkhovna Rada Budget Committee, and the inter-factional associations "Ukrainians in the World", Kirovohradshchyna, South Ukraine, and the "Parliamentary Platform for Fighting Tuberculosis". Kuzbyt was criticised by non-governmental organisations for his 2022 vote in favour of urban planning reform, which anti-corruption NGO Chesno claims is in the interest of land developers.