Larysa Bilozir

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykolayivna and the family name is Bilozir.

Larysa Mykolayivna Bilozir (Ukrainian: Лариса Миколаївна Білозір; née Kucher; born 24 September 1981) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine representing Ukraine's 15th electoral district as an independent member of Dovira since 2019.^[1][2]

Larysa Bilozir
Лариса Білозір
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 August 2019
Preceded by	Ivan Sporysh [uk]
Constituency	Vinnytsia Oblast, No. 15
Personal details
Born	Larysa Mykolayivna Kucher (1981-06-24) 24 June 1981 (age 43) Trostianets, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Dovira Petro Poroshenko Bloc
Alma mater	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Biography

Larysa Mykolayivna Kucher was born on 24 September 1981, in the family of agronomist Mykola Kucher and a librarian in the village of Trostianets, Vinnytsia Oblast, where she spent her childhood and went to school.

After graduating from school, she entered the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, where she received a degree in economics and, over time, the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences. After that, she continued her studies at the International Institute of Management in Brussels and received a master's degree in business administration.^[3]

Since 2004, Bilozir has worked in the structures of the agro-industrial complex, private business, and the social sphere.^[3]

Political career

In 2015, she was elected a deputy of the Vinnytsia Regional Council from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party, and was the head of the Charitable Foundation for Aid to Children with Cancer.^[4] Heads the public organization "Life and Development of Communities".^[5]

In 2019, Bilozir was elected a People's Deputy of Ukraine in Ukraine's 15th electoral district (Murovanokurilovetsky, Tomashpilsky, Tulchynsky, Chernivtsi, Shargorod districts) as a self-nominated candidate. At the time of the election: Executive Director of the NGO "Life and Development of Communities", non-partisan. Lives in Kyiv.

Family

Bilozir's father is Mykola Kucher, a Ukrainian politician and former Soviet party functionary currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine. Her husband is Andriy Bilozir, the son of composer Ihor Bilozor and singer Oksana Bilozir. She has two daughters.^[6]