PERSON: Oleksandra Ustinova

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Oleksandra Yuriivna Ustinova (Ukrainian: Олександра Юріївна Устінова; born 2 October 1985) is a Ukrainian politician and public activist serving as a People’s Deputy of Ukraine from the proportional list of the Holos party since 2019. Prior to her election, she was an anti-corruption activist. Ustinova has been lobbying for military aid from the U.S. while being 37 weeks pregnant, explaining the urgency as the death toll in Ukraine rises, writes The Washington Post in March 2022.

Oleksandra Ustinova was born on 2 October 1985 in Vinnytsia. In 2001, while studying in high school, she completed a one-year study in the United States under the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program. She obtained a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Political Science at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In 2014, Ustinova graduated from the Ukrainian School of Political Studies. In 2017, she interned in the United States under the Transatlantic Fellowship program. In 2018–2019, she studied at Stanford University under the Ukrainian Emerging Leaders program.

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