In March 2005 Ulianchenko was elected a deputy to Verkhovna Rada as part of the political bloc Our Ukraine, which she served until May 2006.

For her loyalty, reliance, and solid professional performance Ulianchenko was nicknamed as "mama Vera".

In 2009 the Ukrainian magazine Фокус named Ulianchenko as the second most influential woman in Ukraine after Yulia Tymoshenko.

[3] Ulianchenko replaced at that position another bright Ukrainian female politician Raisa Bogatyrova.

Her husband Viktor Ivchenko held a chair of the State Agency of investments and innovations.