Volodymyr Bidyovka


Volodymyr Anatolyevich Bidyovka is a Ukrainian politician and is currently serving as Chairman of the People's Soviet of the secessionist Donetsk People's Republic.

Biography

Bidyovka was born on 7 March 1981 in Makiyivka, Ukraine. He was a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine until 2015. He represented the party from 2010–2012 as a member of Donetsk Regional Council and in 2012 represented it as an MP. After failing to gain a seat in the 2014 election, he moved to regions controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic, where he was elected to its legislature in November 2014. He replaced Olga Makeeva as Chairman of the People's Soviet of the Donetsk People's Republic on 20 November 2018. Bidyovka was also on a list of persons designated by the European Union as being involved in illegal elections and had financial sanctions imposed against.