Oksana Syroyid
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Oksana Syroyid | |
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Оксана Сироїд | |
 Syroyid in October 2014 | |
| Deputy Chairwoman of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office November 27, 2014[1] – 29 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ruslan Koshulynskyi |
| Succeeded by | Olena Kondratiuk |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| 8th convocation | |
| In office November 27, 2014 – 29 August 2019 | |
| Constituency | Self Reliance, No.4[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 2, 1976 |
| Party | Self Reliance |
| Website | w1 |
Oksana Ivanivna Syroyid (Ukrainian: Оксана Іванівна Сироїд, born May 2, 1976) is a Ukrainian politician and jurist. She was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary elections. In December 2014, she became the first woman to serve as the deputy speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament. Since October 2019 Syroyid is the party leader of Self Reliance.[3]
Syroyid is also the director of the Ukrainian Legal Foundation. Co-author of a number of bills that received positive opinions from the Council of Europe 's Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission), including the draft law on amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges" (some provisions of the latter, however, were criticized by the [professional community]).
Oksana Syroyid was born in Horodyshche, a small village of Sokal Raion, Lviv Oblast.[4] In 1993, she graduated from Chervonohrad school No.7. In 1993, she enrolled at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and received a bachelor's degree in political science in 1997.[5] In 1998, Syroyid began studying at Kyiv University's Center of Law Studies and graduated as a Master of Laws in 2000. In 2002, she moved to Canada to study at Ottawa University, receiving a Master of Laws degree in 2003.
