Василенко, Леся Владимировна

Lesia Vasylenko is a Ukrainian politician, human rights activist, and lawyer serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine. Before entering parliament, she founded the human rights organization 'Legal Hundred' (Yurydychna Sotnya), which provided legal aid to military personnel and veterans of the war in eastern Ukraine. A graduate of the Institute of International Relations at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and University College London, she has worked extensively on veteran integration, social protection, and environmental policy. She is a member of the Holos party and has served on the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management, as well as in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.