Ruslan Demchak
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Ruslan Demchak | |
|---|---|
Руслан Демчак | |
 Demchak in 2014 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 27 November 2014 – 29 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Hryhory Kaletnik |
| Succeeded by | Oleh Meidych |
| Constituency | Vinnytsia Oblast, No. 18 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 July 1974 Lypovets, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Party | European Solidarity (2014–present) |
| Spouse | Lee Bokyoung |
| Alma mater | National Transport University |
| Website | demchak-ruslan |
Ruslan Yevheniiovych Demchak (Ukrainian: Руслан Євгенійович Демчак; born 5 July 1974) is a Ukrainian businessman, politician and diplomat. He previously served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 27 November 2014 to 29 August 2019, representing Ukraine's 18th electoral district. Demchak is a member of European Solidarity.
After graduating from school in 1991, Ruslan Demchak entered the Ukrainian Transport University, where he studied Mechanical Engineering until 1996. In 1997 Demchak started his studies of Accounting and Audit at the Interdisciplinary Institute of Management. In 2001 he was awarded an Economist diploma.
From 2001 to 2005, Demchak studied at the National Academy of Public Administration, where he completed his master's thesis "State regulation of the stock market of Ukraine" at the department of economic theory and economic history and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Public policy & Administration (PhD).
In October 2009, Ruslan Demchak started his PhD at the National Institute for Strategic Studies. His thesis subject was "Fiscal decentralisation as a factor of economic security of the state."
In December 2010, Demchak became a Chairman of the Federation of Employers of Kyiv (FEK).[1]
In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Demchak unsuccessfully tried to win a seat in the Verkhovna Rada (the national parliament of Ukraine) as a independent candidate.[2]
In the November 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Ruslan Demchak was elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine as a candidate for Petro Poroshenko Bloc in Ukraine's 18th electoral district.[2][3]
Demchak failed to be reelected in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election in the 18th electoral district, this time as a candidate of European Solidarity.[2]
In 2021 Demchak became the Counsellor for economic issues of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Korea.[4][2]
In August 2023 Demchak was informed he was charged in a criminal case "for assistance in manipulating the stock exchange and legalizing property obtained through crime."[5] According to the Security Service of Ukraine Demchak had left Ukraine in April 2023.[5]
In 2025 the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine sentenced Demchak to 3 years in prison for having unjustified received compensation for renting a room at Kyiv Hotel near the Verkhovna Rada building in Kyiv.[2] He was released from serving his sentence with a probationary period of 1 year after he agreed to reimburse the rent and make a charitable donation of 2 million hryvnias.[2]
On 1 January 2026 Demchak was detained in Germany in connection with the August 2023 criminal case.[5]