Elena Vitalievna Tanasevich (Ukrainian Olena Vitaliyivna Tanasevich; born April 29, 1982, Kharkiv) – Chairman of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine.

Fluent in Ukrainian, English and Russian.

Biography

Elena Tanasevich was born in 1982 in Kharkov.

Education

In 2003, Elena Tanasevich graduated with honors from the Kharkiv State Pedagogical University named after G. S. Skovoroda with a degree in Jurisprudence, qualifying as a lawyer, teacher of legal disciplines.

In 2012, she graduated with honors from the correspondence department of the National University „Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine" in the educational and professional master’s program in the specialty „Jurisprudence", having received the qualification of a „lawyer".

In 2018, Elena defended her dissertation in the specialty „Labor law, social security law" on the topic „Legal regulation of the employer’s material liability for harm caused by violation of the employee’s labor rights" and received the degree of candidate of legal sciences.

Career

Since 2002 she has been working as a lawyer and judge’s assistant.

By the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 336/2012 of May 18, 2012, she was appointed to the position of a judge of the Pechenezhsky District Court of the Kharkiv Region, on May 30 of the same year, Elena took the oath to the Ukrainian people.

On April 11, 2019, by decree of the President of Ukraine No. 128/2019, she was appointed to the position of a judge of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court, and on May 7 of the same year, she was elected to the position of chairman of the court.

Personal life

She is married and brings up a son, Seraphim, together with her husband. Mikhail Tanasevich, husband of the head of the Anti-Corruption Court, owner of Energeticheskaya Alternative LLC, which designs and installs solar power plants. In addition, he is the head of Serafim Solar Ukraine LLC and Euro Energy LLC.

Elena Tanasevich’s sister Olga Malakhova from 2012 to 2016 worked at the Economic Court of the Kharkiv region. At first, she was an assistant judge, and then held the positions of assistant to the deputy chairman of the head of the court and deputy head of the organizational and analytical department.

State

According to the declaration for 2018, at the main place of work, Elena Tanasevich earned almost 245.9 thousand hryvnia. She also received almost 68.5 thousand hryvnias of salary at the Energy Alternative company, of which she is a co-owner.

Mykhailo Tanasevich’s husband declared almost 1 million hryvnias of income from business activities. The judge, according to the declaration, drives a 2012 Peugeot 107, and her husband drives a 2005 Daewoo Sens. The family also owns a 2006 Ssangyong Actyon.

Elena Tanasevich declared two apartments in Kharkov – with an area of __56 sq m and 67 sq m. The Tanasevich declaration also includes information on 24 land plots. Tanasevich is also a member of the civil organization „Association of Judges of the Kharkiv Region".