Roman Hryshchuk

Biography

Roman Hryshchuk became a member of the party’s political council and a People’s Deputy of the IX convocation. In 2019, he was elected to parliament from the “Servant of the People” party (district #222, Kyiv city, Solomianskyi district, where the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute is located). The politician joined the Committee on Education, Science and Innovation. He is a founder of the “Solomianski Kotyky” charitable foundation. According to Ukrayinska Pravda, he was included in the top 100 leaders in 2024. He became a member of the party’s political council.

Timeline of Key Events

2026

He voted in the first reading for the scandalous draft of the Civil Code (#15150), submitted by the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk. The project, which is 803 pages long and which even the Ministry of Justice did not have time to review within three weeks of its registration, was brought to parliament in “turbo mode.” The legislative initiative contained provisions allowing for the plunder of state and communal property—forests, coastlines, and subsoil. In addition, the project poses risks to freedom of speech. After the Verkhovna Rada vote, street protests took place in a number of regions. In particular, protesters were outraged by proposals from lawmakers that infringed on the rights of women and the LGBT community. A petition addressed to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanding a veto on the bill gathered over 25,000 votes on the very first day of its registration. Judges of the Supreme Court also had fundamental objections to the project. The draft Civil Code, which did not undergo proper discussion, essentially destroyed the judicial practice that the third branch of government had developed since the adoption of the current Civil Code—over 20 years ago.

2025

He was one of three majoritarian MPs from the “Servant of the People” faction who voted against the liquidation of the independence of anti-corruption bodies—the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (project #12414). As a result of this vote, a protest began near Bankova Street the same day, but Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the scandalous law that same day. Subsequently, under pressure from citizens, parliament supported a presidential project that repealed the effect of project #12414.

This year, the politician supported bill #11321 “On Restoring the Openness of Committee Work.” A number of civic organizations and media outlets supported this project to make the work of Verkhovna Rada committees more transparent.

However, Hryshchuk voted for the scandalous bill by Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk, which abolished the Commercial Code of Ukraine. The legislative initiative defined the general principles of interaction between business and the state (#6013). This law carries risks for national security. It was opposed by the “Holka” civic initiative, “Ecology. Human. Law,” the “Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group,” and other organizations, which appealed to Zelenskyy with a demand to veto the project. The Association of Ukrainian Cities also spoke out against this law.

2024

He supported the bill on the ban of religious organizations that have a governing centre in a state carrying out armed aggression against Ukraine (#8371).

In the same year, he initiated a bill on improving the system of initial general military training, which provided for changes to the curriculum of the school subject “Defence of Ukraine,” the introduction of a modular teaching system, the training of boys and girls under the same curriculum, and the possibility of involving veterans in teaching the subject or individual modules (#11092). Due to the adoption of the specified bill, he was included in the list of 100 leaders in 2024 according to Ukrayinska Pravda.

2023

He voted for the bill “On the Legalization of Medical Cannabis,” which allowed the production of medical cannabis in Ukraine for the rehabilitation of wounded military personnel, including for the treatment of PTSD. The adoption of the law was advocated by the “Patients of Ukraine” civic organization.

As a politician representing the Solomianskyi district, Hryshchuk appealed to the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory during the scandalous attempt to rename Povitroflotskyi Avenue to EU Avenue, which had political connotations due to lobbying by “European Solidarity.”

2022

He abstained from voting for bill #5655, which was criticized by a number of civic organizations, including the CHESNO Movement, the DEJURE Foundation, and others, as well as the Association of Ukrainian Cities, the Architectural Chamber of the NSAU, the National Union of Architects of Ukraine, and the publication Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. The European Parliament and the European Commission expressed their reservations about this legislative initiative. The Royal Institute Chatham House, citing analytical materials from “Holka,” noted that due to the provisions of this law, there are risks for the emergence of construction cartels.

He became a co-founder of the “Solomianski Kotyky” charitable foundation.

2020

Bihus.Info named Roman Hryshchuk as one of the people who entered power from Zelenskyy’s circle. Indeed, before being elected as a deputy, Hryshchuk was a co-founder and comedian at the “Mamahohotala” studio.

2019

He was elected to the Verkhovna Rada from the “Servant of the People” party (district #222, Kyiv city, Solomianskyi district) and joined the Committee on Education, Science and Innovation. In Kyiv, representatives of the pro-government party won in all 13 majoritarian districts.

In the same year, Kseniia Semenova became Hryshchuk’s assistant, who in 2020 was elected as a deputy of the Kyiv City Council from the “Servant of the People” party.

After his victory in the election, Hryshchuk stated that he would re-register the “Mamahohotala” studio, which he headed, to a business partner, but he remains “ideologically there forever.”

2012

He played for the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute’s “Klub Veselykh ta Kmitlyvykh” (Club of the Merry and Quick-Witted) team, which founded the “Mamahohotala” studio. They collaborated with “Kvartal 95.”

The editorial office of the media outlet “Pohliad” participated in the creation of the profile.

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