Yuriy Zdebskyi

Yuriy Zdebskyi
Yuriy Zdebskyi
Юрій Здебський
	Official portrait, 2019
People's Deputy of Ukraine
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 August 2019
Preceded by	Volodymyr Mysyk [uk]
Constituency	Kharkiv Oblast, No. 172
Personal details
Born	24 December 1972 (age 51); Liubar, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political party	Servant of the People
Other political; affiliations	Independent
Alma mater	Kharkiv Military University [uk]; National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine [uk];
Military service
Allegiance	Ukraine
Branch/service	State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Years of service	1990–2018
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbas (2014–2022); ;

Yuriy Viktorovych Zdebskyi (Ukrainian: Юрій Вікторович Здебський; born 24 December 1972) is a Ukrainian former soldier and politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 172nd electoral district since 29 August 2019. He is a member of Servant of the People.

Early life and career

Yuriy Viktorovych Zdebskyi was born on 24 December 1972 in the settlement of Liubar, in Ukraine's Zhytomyr Oblast. He is a graduate of the Kharkiv Military University [uk] with a specialisation in mathematical support for automated control systems. He also graduated from the National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine [uk], and served as an officer in Ukraine's military for 28 years, retiring in 2018 with the rank of colonel in the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. Prior to his combat service, he was actively involved in border issues, and he participated in a 2008 meeting with the Government of Ukraine regarding agreements on Ukraine's borders.^[1]

When the

war in Donbas began in 2014, Zdebskyi was serving as deputy head for personnel work of the Security Service of Ukraine's eastern department. He went to the front as a member of the State Border Guard Service, and participated in combat until 2016. Following his retirement, Zdebskyi worked at the Central Clinical Hospital of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine [uk], where he served as the hospital's deputy head in 2018.^[1]

Political career

During the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Zdebskyi was involved in the campaign of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, working in Ukraine's 170th electoral district (located in Kharkiv).^[2]

Zdebskyi ran in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election as the candidate of Servant of the People (Zelenskyy's party) for People's Deputy of Ukraine in Ukraine's 172nd electoral district. He was successfully elected, defeating incumbent People's Deputy Volodymyr Mysyk [uk] with 43.61% to Mysyk's 43.17% - a difference of 0.44%, or 308 votes.^[3] An independent at the time of his election, Zdebskyi joined the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, as well as the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defence, and Intelligence. He is also a member of the Slobozhanshchyna and "For Accelerated European Integration of Ukrainian Business" inter-factional associations.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Здебський Юрій Вікторович" [Zdebskyi, Yuriy Viktorovych]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 18 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Здебський Юрій Вікторович" [Zdebskyi, Yuriy Viktorovych]. Chesno (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі №172" [Information about counting of voters' votes in single-mandate electoral district No. 172]. Central Election Commission (Ukraine) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[:0-1] "Здебський Юрій Вікторович" [Zdebskyi, Yuriy Viktorovych]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 18 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[:1-2] "Здебський Юрій Вікторович" [Zdebskyi, Yuriy Viktorovych]. Chesno (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[3] "Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі №172" [Information about counting of voters' votes in single-mandate electoral district No. 172]. Central Election Commission (Ukraine) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

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