Oleksandr Rafkatovych Abdullin is a Ukrainian journalist and politician.
Career
1979 - 1981 - turner at "Tochelektroprylad" plant, Kyiv
1981 - 1983 - military service
1983 - 1989 - student of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Faculty of Journalism
1985 - 1987 - correspondent of the "News from Ukraine» newspaper
1987 - 1992 - correspondent and business manager at "Robitnycha gazeta" (engineering - Labour Newspaper)
1992 - 1993 - Director of "Inter Trade" company
1993 - 1995 - Vice-President of "Republic" corporation
1995 - 1998 - President of CJSC "Intergaz", Kyiv
3rd Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (1998–2002)
During elections he took the position of President of CJSC "Intergaz" in Kyiv city. March 1998 - candidate to People"s Deputy from Christian-Democratic Party of Ukraine, Number 10 in the list. 4th Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2002–2006)
He had 34.86% votes, against 14 opponents.
5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2006–present)
In April 2006, Abdullin was elected a People"s Deputy of Ukraine of the 5th Verkhovna Rada, placing 74th on the party list of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.
In November 2007, he was elected to the 6th Verkhovna Rada, appearing on the party list of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.
Politics
Abdullin was elected by electoral site Number.156 (Rivne region), nominated by election bloc of Political Parties "Democratic Party of Ukraine - Democratic Union Party". At the time of elections: People"s Deputy of Ukraine, member of All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland". In 2012 he was re-elected into parliament on the party list of "Fatherland" (number 28 on this list).
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was again re-elected into parliament. This time after placing 17th on the electoral list of "Fatherland".
Membership
February 1999 to April 2001 - the member of "Vidrodzhennya regioniv" group (engineering - Revival of the Regions)
since April 2001 - member of the fraction of "Democratic Union" Party
since February 1999 - member of the Committee on Construction, Transport and Communications
At the time of elections Abdullin was People"s Deputy of Ukraine, member of "Democratic Union Party", member of fraction "United Ukraine" (May - June 2002), member of European Choice Group (June - December 2002), member of fraction of SDPU (December 2002 - March 2005), since March 2005 member of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and member of the Committee on Environmental Policy, Natural Resources and Elimination of Consequences of Chornobyl Accident (since June 2002). Member of the Committee on Environmental Policy, Natural Resources and Elimination of Consequences of Chornobyl Accident (since June 2002), member of fraction of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (since May 2006), Deputy Chairman (since August 2006).