Oleksiy Movchan
Oleksiy Vasylovych Movchan is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine representing Ukraine's 150th electoral district from Servant of the People since 2019.
Early life and career
Oleksiy Vasylovych Movchan was born on 2 December 1994 in the city of Kremenchuk, in Ukraine's Poltava Oblast. He is a graduate of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the Ukrainian Catholic University, and the Kyiv School of Economics.Prior to being election, Movchan was deputy head of Prozorro for project and programme management from 2017 to 2019. He is also a member of the Club of Young Reformers non-governmental organisation, as well as founder of the Pryntsyp NGO. He was a semi-finalist of the Open Data Challenge, as well as a participant in the "New Leaders" programme on the ICTV channel.
Political career
Election campaigns
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Movchan ran to be a People's Deputy of Ukraine in Ukraine's 150th electoral district as the candidate of Servant of the People. At the time of the election, he was an independent. He was successfully elected, defeating independent incumbent Kostyantyn Zhevago with 42.54% of the vote to Zhevago's 23.72%. Movchan's election was significant for marking Zhevago's first electoral defeat since first becoming a People's Deputy in the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election.Parliamentarian service
In the Verkhovna Rada, Movchan joined the Servant of the People faction and became a member of the Verkhovna Rada Economic Development Committee. He is also a member of the inter-factional associations "Ukrainians in the World", ECONOMICS.NOW, and For Accelerated Eurointegration of Ukrainian Businesses.Official foreign visits
In May 2023, Movchan took part in an official delegation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine that visited Washington, D.C. The delegation met with U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth to discuss continued American support for Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.In 2024, Movchan met with U.S. policymakers and experts as part of his efforts to promote Ukraine’s interests abroad.
In 2025, Movchan participated in meetings with the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation concerning the establishment of a U.S.–Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund. That same year, Movchan was selected as a fellow of the Stanford-based Strengthening Ukrainian Democracy and Development Program, hosted by the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Local Ukrainian media noted that Movchan traveled to the United States in August 2025 to begin his studies at Stanford.