46 Facts About Yelyzaveta Yasko

Yelyzaveta Yasko is the head of inter-parliamentary cooperation, bilateral and multilateral relationships.

Yelyzaveta Yasko was the Head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from September 2019 until January 2020.

Yelyzaveta Yasko is a producer of the documentary film "Crimea: Russia's Dark Secret".

Yelyzaveta Yasko holds a Bachelor's and master's degrees with distinction in Political science from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Yelyzaveta Yasko was the first Ukrainian who graduated from Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, holding a master's degree in Public Policy.

From 2011 to 2012, Yelyzaveta Yasko was an intern at the Parliament of Ukraine, working for the Committee of Culture and at the European Centre for Informational Support.

Yelyzaveta Yasko coordinated a number of events, including the music commemorative campaign "Witness", devoted to the 75th Anniversary of the Babi Yar tragedy, which won the first Cannes Lion Award in the history of Ukraine.

Yelyzaveta Yasko was the executive officer for the multimedia project "UN Hundred," presented on behalf of Ukrainian delegation to the United Nations at its General Assembly sessions in 2014 and 2015.

Yelyzaveta Yasko worked at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Yelyzaveta Yasko conducted research and produced a policy recommendation on the improvement of access opportunities in arts education for disadvantaged communities in the UK.

In cooperation with Jamie Doran Yelyzaveta Yasko worked on filming documentaries, such as "Crimea: Russia's Dark Secret" for Al Jazeera and a series of documentaries on the history of the Soviet KGB for European TV channels ZDF and Arte.

In 2019, Yelyzaveta Yasko gave guest lectures at Ukrainian Catholic University.

Yelyzaveta Yasko's lectures included topics of Ukrainian cultural diplomacy and strategic communications.

Yelyzaveta Yasko is a member of the 9th Verkhovna Rada since August 2019.

Yelyzaveta Yasko was elected in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election as number 15 in the list of "Servant of the People".

Yelyzaveta Yasko is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Cooperation, and head of Inter-parliamentary Cooperation, Bilateral and Multilateral Relations.

Yelyzaveta Yasko is a leader of all-party parliamentary group "Happy Ukraine", aiming to foster the development of happiness in Ukrainian society and facilitate social dialogue, well-being, a feeling of security and hope for the future.

Yelyzaveta Yasko is a member of the "Brand of the Ukrainian state" group.

Yelyzaveta Yasko expressed her concerns regarding the preliminary agreement by Ukraine to the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk proposals on the envisioned Advisory Council.

Yelyzaveta Yasko publicly supported the legislative motion on regulating the process of compensation for the former owners of the nationalised banks, marked as critical for unblocking the IMF's financial support of Ukraine and preventing the default of the Ukrainian state.

Yelyzaveta Yasko has been engaged in drafting legislation on a range of issues, including the regulation of lobbying, countering corruption, equal representation, remedial action in the wake of Russian military aggression in Ukraine.

Yelyzaveta Yasko was among the initiators of the Verkhovna Rada Appeal to the Parliaments and Inter-parliamentary Organisations concerning the condemnation of Russian aggression and numerous human rights violations in the occupied Crimea, and of the Statement on nonrecognition of the legitimacy of elections held by Russia in Crimea and Sevastopol.

Yelyzaveta Yasko has authored the following draft laws: On the principles of sanctions policy, amendments to the Criminal Procedural Code and the Criminal Code of Ukraine ; On the policy of non-recognition and amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine ; On assistance to people from non-democratic countries and amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine.

Yelyzaveta Yasko was elected Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 17 September 2019.

The Ukrainian Delegation, headed by Yelyzaveta Yasko, refrained from participating in the PACE Autumn session 2019.

Yelyzaveta Yasko explained the return with the "need to battle [for Ukraine] in new conditions at all possible grounds".

Yelyzaveta Yasko noted that the goals for the delegation for the Winter Session 2020 would be the de-occupation of Crimea, countering Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine, liberation of political prisoners, implementation of Minsk agreements, enhancement of the international sanctions, as well as fight against authoritarianism in Russia itself.

At the winter session in 2020 Yelyzaveta Yasko delivered a speech condemning Russia's numerous violations of international law and human rights, including the rights of Crimean Tatars.

On 11 January 2021, Yelyzaveta Yasko was replaced as Chairperson of the Ukrainian Delegation to PACE by Maria Mezentseva, and remains a member of the delegation.

On 4 February 2021, Yelyzaveta Yasko was elected permanent representative of Ukraine to the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance.

Yelyzaveta Yasko authored or co-authored bills on granting the status of participant in hostilities to volunteers, on the ethical principles of members of parliament, on the creation of the National Agency of Ukraine for Overcoming the Consequences of Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation, on the transparent regulation of lobbying, on improving the effectiveness of anti-corruption law enforcement, and on equal gender representation.

Yelyzaveta Yasko was one of the initiators of the bill on the Verkhovna Rada's appeal to the parliaments of other states and parliamentary assemblies of international organisations to condemn Russian armed aggression and human rights violations in occupied Crimea.

Yelyzaveta Yasko was one of the initiators of the Verkhovna Rada's statements on non-recognition of the 2014 and 2019 Crimean parliamentary elections and post-Russian-annexation elections in Sevastopol, and on the inadmissibility of restoring large-scale water supply along the North Crimean Canal to occupied Crimea.

Yelyzaveta Yasko has her own blog on the website of Ukrayinska Pravda.

Yelyzaveta Yasko was involved in events' management and student government activities.

Yelyzaveta Yasko has been writing for student newspapers and organizing music concerts, theatre plays and academic conferences.

Yelyzaveta Yasko was a member of the Science Community at Faculty of Philosophy and received numerous diplomas for the best research papers at conferences in politics and international affairs.

Yelyzaveta Yasko actively participated in the 2014 Ukrainian 2014 Ukrainian revolution.

In 2015, along with Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yelyzaveta Yasko was actively involved in organizing and hosting a music diplomacy event in support of Ukrainian political prisoners illegally detained in Russia.

Yelyzaveta Yasko founded a startup "Kyiv Music Labs" to promote Ukrainian music and support Ukrainian musicians.

On 1 June 2023 Yelyzaveta Yasko revealed that she and Saakashvili had become parents, the gender and birthdate of the baby were not announced.

Yelyzaveta Yasko is the first Ukrainian to have graduated from the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University.

Yelyzaveta Yasko was the youngest Chair of the Ukrainian Delegation to PACE.

Yelyzaveta Yasko financed her studies at Oxford through more than 50 donors, including scholarships and a crowdfunding campaign.

Yelyzaveta Yasko holds a professional music education and author of music and lyrics of over 50 music pieces.

In March 2020, Yelyzaveta Yasko was listed among NV's Top 100 Ukrainian successful women under number 7 in Politics.