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Robert Horvat

Robert Horvat

Ukrainian politician

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovych and the family name is Horvat.

Robert Ivanovych Horvat (Ukrainian: Роберт Іванович Горват; 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.[1] 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.[2] He is also co-chair of the group for inter-parliamentary relations with the Czech Republic[3] and head of the group for inter-parliamentary relations with Egypt.

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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,[4] 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[4][5]) developed the local Zakarpattia Oblast party Native Zakarpattia.[6] This party won 12 of the 64 seats in the Zakarpattia Oblast Council during the 2020 Ukrainian local elections.[7]

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.[8] In November 2023, the High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a pre-trial restraint on Horvat with bail set at UAH 27 million.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі №68" [Information on counting of voters' votes in single-mandate electoral district No. 68]. Central Election Commission of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Парламент затвердив список своїх комітетів і їх склад. ХТО В ЯКОМУ - Новинарня". Novynarnia (in Ukrainian). 29 August 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Роберт Горват очолив депутатську групу з міжпарламентських зв'язків із Чеською Республікою". 0312.ua (in Ukrainian).
  4. [4]
    "Реклама в соцмережах, сюжети на телебаченні та офіс у Мукачево - про що забула прозвітувати партія "Рідне Закарпаття"". Bihus.Info (in Ukrainian). 27 December 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Лідери партії "Рідне Закарпаття" розказали, з чим йдуть на вибори і чому перемагатимуть". zaholovok.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Цьогоріч створено 12 нових партій. 50 змінили свої назви". Chesno (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Zakarpattia Oblast Council results". Central Election Commission of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 25 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  8. [8]
    "НАБУ розкрило схему заволодіння землею на 123 мільйони. Підозрюють нардепа". РБК-Украина (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Заволодіння землею на 126 млн гривень. НАБУ завершило розслідування справи нардепа Горвата". РБК-Украина (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 28 January 2024.
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