Iryna Herashchenko (politician)

Iryna Herashchenko
Iryna Herashchenko
Ірина Геращенко
	Herashchenko in September 2016
First Deputy Chairwoman of the Verkhovna Rada
	In office; 14 April 2016 – 29 August 2019
Preceded by	Andriy Parubiy
Succeeded by	Ruslan Stefanchuk
Chairman of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on European integration
	In office; 4 December 2014 – 14 April 2016
Preceded by	Hryhoriy Nemyria
People's Deputy of Ukraine
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 August 2019
Constituency	Our Ukraine Bloc, No. 19 (2007–2012); UDAR, No. 6 (2012–2014); European Solidarity, No. 9 (2014–2019); European Solidarity, No. 3 (since 2019);
Personal details
Born	15 May 1971 (age 52); Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union; (now Ukraine)
Political party	European Solidarity (2014-present)
Other political; affiliations	Independent (before 2007); NU/NSNU (2007–2012); UDAR (2012–2014);

Iryna Volodymyrivna Herashchenko (Ukrainian: Ірина Володимирівна Геращенко) is a Ukrainian journalist and politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from European Solidarity. She is a Merited Journalist of Ukraine since 2000.^[4] Former First Deputy Chairwoman of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament),^[5] also serving as President's Humanitarian Envoy at the Minsk peace talks regarding the war in Donbas.

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^ Rada appoints Iryna Gerashchenko as first deputy speaker, Interfax-Ukraine (14 April 2016)