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Valery Babenko

Ukrainian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ7911463
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Valeriy Borysovych Babenko (Ukrainian: Валерій Борисович Бабенко; born on 2 February 1964), is a Ukrainian politician and former People's Deputy of Ukraine.

Biography

Valery Babenko was born on February 2, 1964

In 2005–2006, was working as assistant to the Head of Security Service of Ukraine.

In the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election Babenko failed to get reelected to parliament as a candidate of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (placed No.181 on its election list).

In 2007 - assistant to the First deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

In November 2007, Valery Babenko was elected the People's Deputy of Ukraine from Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, No.144 on the list. Activities during plenary:

Member of the Group of Interparliamentary Relations with Poland

Member of the Group of Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Tunisia

Member of the Group of Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Bulgaria

Member of the Group of Interparliamentary Relations with the Federal Republic of Germany

In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Babenko failed to get reelected to parliament as a candidate of All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (placed No.98 on its election list).

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Babenko was re-elected into parliament placed 35th on the electoral list of People's Front.

Babenko did not take part in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Valery Babenko” is ukrainian politician. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Valery, Babenko and Ukrainian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1964, 2005, 2006, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1964-02-02. For this dossier, Valery, Babenko and Ukrainian is the immediate research focus.
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Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7911463. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1964, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

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