Vyacheslav Leonidovych Konstantinovsky | |
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Вячеслав Леонідович Константіновський | |
People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
Assumed office November 5, 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Vyacheslav Leonidovych Konstantinovsky November 11, 1960 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Political party | People's Front (2014–2017) |
Education | National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport |
Vyacheslav Leonidovych Konstantinovsky (born November 11, 1960) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who formerly served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine.
Vyacheslav Leonidovych Konstantinovsky was born in Kyiv. In childhood he was engaged in classical wrestling and held the rank of Master of Sports. He has a twin brother, Alexander. He entered the catering business in the mid-1980s. He lived in the US for seven years and then return in Ukraine in 1997. Later he took part in the Orange Revolution and Euromaidan.
Criminal Leonid "Lenya Long" Roitman was convicted in the USA in 2006 for ordering the murder of Vyacheslav Konstantinovsky. He was released in 2014.
He and his brother own the Kyiv-Donbas holding, the Kyiv Donbas Development Group, [1] [ better source needed ] and Carte Blanche [2] restaurant networks. In 2013, their fortune was estimated at $355 million. [3]
In 2014, after the start of the Ukrainian revolution, Konstantinovsky joined the territorial defense battalion Kyiv-1. [4] In summer 2014, he announced that he was selling his Rolls-Royce Phantom to donate the money to the Ukrainian army. On August 8, Konstantinovsky announced that he had received $180000 for the car, which he donated to the Army’s cause against the separatist movement in eastern Ukraine. [5]
In September 2014, he announced to run for the Verkhovna Rada. In early parliamentary elections on October 26, he won a single-mandate constituency number 220 in Kyiv, gaining almost 33% of the vote. [3]
On June 17, 2015, Konstantinovsky left the People's Front parliamentary faction.
On July 13, 2017, Vyacheslav Konstantinovsky wrote a statement to renounce his deputy mandate. [6] [7] On his Facebook page, he posted that three years in parliament were the darkest of his life. Konstantinovsky plans to continue doing business.
According to an electronic declaration for 2015, Konstantinovsky was the wealthiest member of the Verkhovna Rada. He declared $14.7 million, €500,000, and ₴6,778,776 in cash.
The deputy had two land plots in the Kyiv region (with 1500 m² and 647 m²), a house with an area of 649 m², an apartment of 84.4 m² and four garages.
Konstantinovsky owned Land Rover Sport (2012), a 2002 Harley-Davidson V-Rod muscle, a Toyota Highlander (2016). He also indicated six Rolex watches and a gun among the valuable property.
Konstantinovsky is married to top model Yuliana Dementieva. [11] They have two children: daughter Stefania and son Maximilian Konstantinovsky, who is a US citizen. [12]
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