Serhii Kivalov


Serhii Vasylovych Kivalov is a Ukrainian politician and jurist who served as the head of Central Election Commission during the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election which led to the Orange Revolution.
Along with Vadym Kolesnichenko, he is the co-author of the bill On principles of the state language policy adopted in 2012.
From the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election until the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Kivalov was a member of the Verkhovna Rada. In 2019 he lost re-election as an independent candidate in single-seat constituency 135.
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Graffiti featuring Serhii Kivalov

In December 2015, stencil graffiti featuring a portrait of Sergei Kivalov along with the abbreviation "ПДРХ ПНК" began to appear in Odesa. The style of graffiti, characterized by its use of stencils, was initially employed by underground artists in protest against former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and later, Russian president Vladimir Putin.