Ihor Marchuk

Biography

Ihor Marchuk became a Member of Parliament of the IX convocation (#193 district, Kamianets-Podilskyi city, as well as Kamianets-Podilskyi and Novoushytskyi districts of Khmelnytskyi region) from the “Servant of the People” party as a non-partisan. Elected as the chairman of the subcommittee on interaction between the state and business and investments of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Economic Development.

He did not support the initiative to deprive politicians representing pro-Russian parties of their mandates.

The Member of Parliament, who was elected from Khmelnytskyi region, voted for the purchase of Russian reactors in Bulgaria to complete the third and fourth power units of the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (project #11392).

Chronology of events

In 2026, he voted in the first reading for the scandalous draft Civil Code (15150) submitted by the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk. The draft, which has a volume of 803 pages and which even the Ministry of Justice did not have time to familiarize itself with in the three weeks after registration, was brought to the parliament for consideration in turbo mode. The legislative initiative contained norms that allow the embezzlement of state and communal property – forests, coasts, subsoil. In addition, there are risks to freedom of speech in the draft. After the vote of the Verkhovna Rada, street protests took place in a number of regions. In particular, protesters were outraged by the proposals of lawmakers that infringed on the rights of women and the LGBT community. A petition addressed to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanding to veto the bill gained over 25,000 votes on the first day of registration. Judges of the Supreme Court also had substantial remarks to the draft. The draft Civil Code, which did not undergo proper discussion, essentially destroyed the judicial practice that the third branch of government had been developing since the adoption of the current Civil Code – for over 20 years.

In 2025, he voted for the elimination of the independence of the anti-corruption bodies NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (project #12414). After the law was adopted, a protest began near Bankova, but Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the law on the same day. Later, the president submitted a project that restored the independence of anti-corruption bodies. And at the end of July, as a result of public pressure and pressure from international partners, the parliament, on the initiative of the president, and the parliamentary majority voted for project #13533, which returned powers to anti-corruption bodies.

Also, the deputy supported a project regarding a special procedure for the forced expropriation of lands in the Uzhhorod district of the Zakarpattia region (#9549). The initiative contained a number of scandalous norms that create risks of both deforestation and the development of a corruption scheme to buy real estate from the right people at the expense of the budget at a price 3-3.6 times higher than the market price. The mentioned norms violated a number of provisions of the Constitution, so the President vetoed it. Despite this, MPs ignored most of the remarks during the revision. Among other things, during the revision for the repeated second reading, norms were added to the law that legalize until the beginning of 2028 a corruption scheme of local self-government bodies with the development of detailed plans contrary to the provisions of master plans of settlements.

In the same year, he voted for the so-called Ihor Mazepa law (project 12089). This is a legislative initiative that essentially reflected the demands of dishonest business. The law provides for “zeroing” claims against embezzlers of forests and coastal strips if 10 years have passed since the embezzlement and they fell into private hands. This means that all embezzlements that took place over the last decade can be legalized. If the 10-year period of embezzlement has not yet passed, then before suing to save the property, it will be necessary to put the value of the property they wanted to return on deposit from the state or local budget. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the document despite the fact that the petition demanding to veto the law collected more than 25,000 votes. The first victim of the “Ihor Mazepa law” was the case of Protasiv Yar, which was defended by the deceased intelligence officer and Kyiv resident Roman Ratushnyi.

Marchuk found himself in the center of a resonant story after parking inspector Mykola Shevchuk fined him for violating parking rules. The politician publicly thanked the inspector for his principled position, emphasizing that “when he recognized me as a Member of Parliament, he calmly continued recording the violation and issuing the ticket, and did not try to somehow help me avoid the fine”. Later, the court fined Shevchuk himself 17,000 UAH for illegally wearing police lieutenant colonel epaulettes. Marchuk, reacting to the decision of Themis, expressed indignation, stating his readiness to pay the fine instead of the inspector and emphasizing that the punishment is connected not with the fact of imposing a fine on the deputy, but with a formal violation of the rules for using National Police attributes.

In the same year, he supported the scandalous project of speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk, which canceled the Economic Code of Ukraine (#6013). The initiators of this law declared the expansion of economic freedoms, but the Law canceled the foundational norms of interaction between the state and business, the principles of managing economic activity in the state and municipal sectors of the economy. A number of public organizations emphasized that this law carries risks for national security and its adoption will result in a large-scale redistribution of the country, given that the Verkhovna Rada did not approve a list of property that is not subject to privatization.

In 2024, the deputy became one of 212 MPs who voted for draft law #10242 on pressure on journalists and their sources. This bill created serious risks for freedom of speech, the activities of journalists, and the protection of their sources and corruption whistleblowers. Under the guise of combating “data abuse,” it was proposed to amend the Criminal Code, providing for increased punishment for disclosing information from state registers during martial law – up to 8 years in prison, with no exceptions for journalists or corruption whistleblowers.

He voted for draft law #8371, which provided for a ban on the activities in Ukraine of religious organizations that have a governing center in a state that carries out armed aggression against Ukraine.

In 2023, he supported project #7457 “On the Legalization of Medical Cannabis”, which allowed the production of medical cannabis in Ukraine for the recovery of military personnel after wounding, in particular for the treatment of PTSD. The adoption of the law was advocated by the NGO “Patients of Ukraine”.

In the same year, he voted for draft law #9296-d on strengthening the financial monitoring of PEPs, i.e., politically exposed persons. The key change envisaged by the bill was the introduction of a lifelong PEP status for top officials instead of the current three-year limit after leaving office. In addition, the document strengthened the responsibility of primary financial monitoring subjects (including banks) for baseless refusal to provide financial services.

He did not support the immediate opening of electronic declarations during martial law and did not support the initiative to deprive representatives of pro-Russian parties of their mandates.

He initiated draft law #9030 “On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding the Development of Wine Production and the Simplification of Economic Activities of Small Wine Productions”.

In 2022, he supported the law #2693-d “On Media”, which provided for the weakening of restrictions on Russian content and performers, the introduction of regulation of online media, the activities of bloggers and various web platforms. Also, the document provided for the expansion of the powers of the regulator – the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting. The adoption of this bill was one of the conditions for the start of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU. At the same time, journalistic, media and public organizations, media and social media contributors appealed to the authorities regarding this bill. The appeal stated that the law violated the right to freedom of expression, guaranteed by the Constitution of Ukraine and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

He voted for the urban planning “reform” #5655, authored by the head of the “Servant of the People” party Olena Shuliak. The public sector and the media criticized this legislative initiative, the Royal Institute Chatham House (Britain) emphasized that with such rules of the game there are all chances for the emergence of construction cartels. The European Parliament warned President Zelenskyy against signing this law, the European Commission also provided its critical remarks.

Marchuk was among the MPs who wanted to “push through” the restoration of smoking indoors.

On the eve of the full-scale Russian invasion, he did not support the inclusion of the issue of increasing funding for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the agenda of the VRU session.

In 2020, he abstained from voting for resolution #4104, by which the parliament approved its representatives to the selection commission for electing the leadership of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office. The composition of this commission caused massive criticism from civil society, EU and G7 country delegations, as it included persons whose independence and integrity were in doubt.

He put his signature under the resolution on the dismissal of Arsen Avakov from the post of Minister of Internal Affairs, which was actively supported by journalists and the public sector, who criticized the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

He voted for the “anti-Kolomoisky law” (project #2571-d), which provided for a ban on returning insolvent banks withdrawn from the market to their former owners.

He opposed the creation of a consultative council in the Trilateral Contact Group with the participation of ORDLO representatives despite the position of the “Servant of the People” faction. According to the information of “Ukrainska Pravda” – “MPs hint that although the consultative council is only an advisory body without the right to make decisions, the very fact of its creation can cast doubt on the position enshrined in legislation that there is armed aggression by the Russian Federation in eastern Ukraine. It is noted that such an approach may cast doubt on the continuation of sanctions by our Western partners and in no way solves the security component of the conflict in Donbas”. After signing the statement with the MPs-signatories, the head of the President’s Office – Andriy Yermak – met with them.

In 2019, he was elected as a Member of Parliament of the IX convocation (#193 district, Kamianets-Podilskyi city, as well as Kamianets-Podilskyi and Novoushytskyi districts of Khmelnytskyi region) from the “Servant of the People” party as a non-partisan. Elected as the chairman of the subcommittee on interaction between the state and business and investments of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Economic Development.

In 2003, he founded the “M-AND-S” company, whose activity was the transport sector. In 1997, he worked in logistics, created a group of logistics companies.

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