General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment

Serhiy Shevchuk (Ukraine) - Chair

Elected Chair the Second Committee at the 2011 Annual Session in Belgrade, Serhiy Shevchuk (Ukraine) previously served as Rapporteur of the committee. A member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Mr. Shevchuk has served as a delegate to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly since 1998. Since 2006, he has served as Deputy Chairman of the Committee on European Integration of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

In 2008, he was elected Chairman of the Committee on Economic Affairs, Science and Environment of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and Senate of the Republic of Poland. He also serves as State Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health and as Chairman of the Ukrainian charity organization for the protection of maternity and childhood.

Prior to entering politics, Mr. Shevchuk worked as a physician and as director of a hospital.