Andriy Kozhemiakin Андрій Кожем'якін |
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People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
5th convocation | |
In office 25 May 2006 – 12 June 2007 |
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Constituency | Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, No.25 |
6th convocation | |
In office 23 November 2007 – 12 December 2012 |
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Constituency | Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, No.23 |
7th convocation | |
In office 12 December 2012 – 27 November 2014 |
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Constituency | Fatherland, No.13 |
8th convocation | |
Assumed office 27 November 2014 |
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Constituency | Fatherland, No.13 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Odessa, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
13 November 1965
Political party | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" |
Spouse(s) | Nataliya |
Children | daughter Daria, son Ruslan |
Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv |
Awards |
Order of Danylo Halytsky Medal "For Irreproachable Service" III Class |
Military service | |
Allegiance |
Soviet Union Ukraine |
Service/branch |
Soviet Navy Security Service of Ukraine |
Years of service | 1986–1988 (Black Sea Fleet) 1988–1991 (KGB) 1991–2006 (Security Service) |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Andriy Anatoliyovych Kozhemiakin (Ukrainian: Андрій Анатолійович Кожем'якін; born in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian politician and a former security service officer.
Kozhemiakin graduated in 1986 from the Kiev Naval Political College and the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (majoring in "jurisprudence"). From 1982 till 1988 Kozhemiakin served as an officer in the Black Sea Fleet of the Soviet Navy. From 1988 till March 2006 he served as a senior security officer in the KGB and later in the SBU.
In 2006 and 2007 Kozhemiakin was elected into Parliament on an Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ticket. After the 2007 election Ivan Kyrylenko was elected faction leader of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc in the Ukrainian Parliament. The faction re-elected Kozhemiakin as its faction leader on 7 December 2011.
Kozhemiakin was placed at number 11 on the electoral list of Batkivshchina during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election; he was re-elected into parliament.
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was again re-elected into parliament; this time after placing 13th on the electoral list of Batkivshchina.