Robert Horvat

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovych and the family name is Horvat.

Robert Horvat
Роберт Горват
Horvat in 2016
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 November 2014
Preceded by	Vasyl Kovach [uk]
Constituency	Zakarpattia Oblast, No. 68
Personal details
Born	(1969-02-17) 17 February 1969 (age 55) Turi Remety, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Petro Poroshenko Bloc (2014–2019) Dovira (since 2019) Native Zakarpattia
Alma mater	Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics

Robert Ivanovych Horvat (Ukrainian: Роберт Іванович Горват; born 17 February 1969) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 68th electoral district since 2014.[1] A member of Dovira, Horvat is chairman of the Subcommittee on Legal Support of Customs Bodies of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy.[2] He is also co-chair of the group for inter-parliamentary relations with the Czech Republic[3] and head of the group for inter-parliamentary relations with Egypt.

Education

In 2009, Horvat graduated from the Uzhhorod Training Center of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics and received a full higher education in "Accounting and Auditing".

Political career

A member of the Dovira parliamentary group,[4] Horvat was previously a member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction.

Horvat and three other Dovira faction members (Valerii Lunchenko, Vasyl Petiovka and Vladislav Poliak[4][5]) developed the local Zakarpattia Oblast party Native Zakarpattia.[6] This party won 12 of the 64 seats in the Zakarpattia Oblast Council during the 2020 Ukrainian local elections.[7]

In 2016-2019, Horvat developed a scheme to seize 323 hectares of land used by a state-owned enterprise, causing the state losses of UAH 123 million.[8] In November 2023, the High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a pre-trial restraint on Horvat with bail set at UAH 27 million.[9]

References

1. "Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі №68" [Information on counting of voters' votes in single-mandate electoral district No. 68]. Central Election Commission of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
2. "Парламент затвердив список своїх комітетів і їх склад. ХТО В ЯКОМУ - Новинарня". Novynarnia (in Ukrainian). 29 August 2019.
3. "Роберт Горват очолив депутатську групу з міжпарламентських зв'язків із Чеською Республікою". 0312.ua (in Ukrainian).
4. "Реклама в соцмережах, сюжети на телебаченні та офіс у Мукачево - про що забула прозвітувати партія "Рідне Закарпаття"". Bihus.Info (in Ukrainian). 27 December 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
5. "Лідери партії "Рідне Закарпаття" розказали, з чим йдуть на вибори і чому перемагатимуть". zaholovok.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
6. "Цьогоріч створено 12 нових партій. 50 змінили свої назви". Chesno (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
7. "Zakarpattia Oblast Council results". Central Election Commission of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 25 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
8. "НАБУ розкрило схему заволодіння землею на 123 мільйони. Підозрюють нардепа". РБК-Украина (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
9. "Заволодіння землею на 126 млн гривень. НАБУ завершило розслідування справи нардепа Горвата". РБК-Украина (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 28 January 2024.