Lyudmyla Denisova was a teacher at a preschool in Arkhangelsk from 1979 to 1980.
13 Facts About Lyudmyla Denisova
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In 1998 Lyudmyla Denisova became the Minister of Economy and Finances in the Crimean government.
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In 2000, Lyudmyla Denisova was detained for 24 hours and charged with power abuse.
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Lyudmyla Denisova has stated she was persecuted for refusing to sign a budget document.
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Lyudmyla Denisova was a member of Batkivshchyna from 2005 to 2014.
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In October 2009 Lyudmyla Denisova was ranked 15th in the top 100 of "most influential women in Ukraine" compiled by experts for the Ukrainian magazine Focus.
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Lyudmyla Denisova headed the electoral list of Batkivshchyna during the 2010 Crimean parliamentary election.
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Lyudmyla Denisova was placed at number 38 on the electoral list of Batkivshchyna during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
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On 27 February 2014, Lyudmyla Denisova became Minister of Labour and Social Policy in the Yatsenyuk Government.
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In September 2014 Lyudmyla Denisova became a founding member of the People's Front party.
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In February 2019, following the Kerch Strait incident in which Russia and Ukraine's tensions had dramatically increased and the Federal Security Service had taken into custody a number of Ukrainian troops, Lyudmyla Denisova was able to make contact with Tatyana Moskalkova, her Russian counterpart, via an impromptu meeting, and discuss the status of wounded Ukrainian prisoners of war.
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The latter had previously refused to meet with her after Lyudmyla Denisova launched an official protest that she was not able to visit the Ukrainian wounded soldiers directly.
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Additionally, the deputy chairman of Ukraine's parliament regulatory committee Pavlo Frolov, said that Lyudmyla Denisova's focus on reporting some unverified crimes had harmed Ukraine's reputation and distracted media attention from proven crimes and problems.