Venislavskyi Fedir Volodymyrovych, Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 9th convocation (Servant of the People faction), member of the parliamentary committee on national security, defense and intelligence. Former representative of the President in the Constitutional Court, representative of the President in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Place of birth
Born on May 16, 1969, the village of Olyka, Kivertsi District, Volyn Region.
Education
1989 - entered the Kharkiv Law Institute
1994 - graduated with honors from the Ukrainian State Law Academy and entered the postgraduate program of the Ukrainian State Law Academy at the Department of Constitutional Law of Ukraine.
Professional and scientific activities
1986 - began his work as a worker in the construction crew of the collective farm named after Lenin (village of Olyka).
1987-1989 - military service in the Soviet Army, discharged with the rank of sergeant.
1997 - graduated from postgraduate studies and was sent to work as an assistant at the Department of Constitutional Law of Ukraine of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law Academy of Ukraine.
2000 - defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Law. The topic of the dissertation was "Constitutional Foundations of the Relationship between the Legislative and Executive Branches in Ukraine".
2003 - appointed to the position of Associate Professor of the Department of Constitutional Law of Ukraine. He is the author and co-author of more than 100 scientific, scientific-methodical, scientific-journalistic works on the problems of organization and functioning of state authorities in Ukraine, ensuring the rights and freedoms of man and citizen.
Participated in legislative work; prepared conclusions on cases pending before the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.
2001 - under a contract with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, conducted a study of the legal system of Ukraine commissioned by the World Bank.
2004 - under a joint order of the Ministry of Justice of Canada and the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, investigated the causes of corruption in Ukraine as part of the project to promote integrity in the public sector.
2014 - conducted a study of the quality of judicial decisions based on the results of consideration of election disputes by the courts of Ukraine.
Participated in the working group on finalizing the draft Law of Ukraine "On the Cleansing of Power".
On behalf of human rights organizations, repeatedly defended human rights in courts, provided free legal advice to socially vulnerable segments of the population.
Political activity
2014 - candidate for Member of Parliament of Ukraine from single-mandate majoritarian district No. 23 (Volyn Region). Self-nominated. Non-affiliated.
June 2019 - Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Constitutional Court in the trial on the constitutionality of the presidential decree on the early termination of the powers of the Verkhovna Rada, member of the Commission on Legal Reform since August 7, 2019.
2019 - elected as a Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from the Servant of the People party No. 88 on the list in the extraordinary parliamentary elections. Non-affiliated. Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence.
June 2019 - Representative of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.
Family
Married, has 2 sons.
Criticism
In 2023, he submitted a bill proposing to cancel the deferral of mobilization for men over 30 years of age who receive a non-continuous higher education or a second or more.
In April 2023, Venislavskyi stated that Ukraine should start issuing summonses using the Diia electronic service of state services.
In March 2023, Venislavskyi stated that the Verkhovna Rada is considering the possibility of delivering summonses to military registration and enlistment offices to men using messengers.
In September 2022, Venislavskyi was dismissed from the position of the President's representative in the Constitutional Court and immediately appointed as the President's representative in the Verkhovna Rada.
In April 2022, he submitted a bill on the obligation of those liable for military service during mobilization to return from abroad to Ukraine, explaining that this initiative also provides for the return of those who left Ukraine before February 24. He also, among other MPs, proposed to the parliament to introduce criminal liability of up to 10 years of imprisonment for failure to return from abroad during martial law.
In March 2022, together with other MPs, he proposed to the parliament to introduce criminal liability from 5 to 10 years in prison (with or without confiscation of property) for men who fall under mobilization for illegal border crossing during martial law.
In July 2021, Venislavskyi's son bought a Mercedes-Benz car at an auction in the U.S. for UAH 576,000 and resigned from the diplomatic service at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In 2021, he defended President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's position on the crisis in the Constitutional Court (CCU). Venislavskyi criticized the decision of the then head of the CCU, Oleksandr Tupytskyi.
In early June 2019, Zelenskyy appointed Venislavskyi as his representative in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. In the same month, he already acted as the President's representative in the trial on the constitutionality of the presidential decree on the early dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada.
Journalists attribute Venislavskyi to a group of MPs from the Servant of the People party, who are directly controlled by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.