Andriy Shkil
Andriy Shkil Андрі́й Васи́льович Шкіль |
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People's Deputy of Ukraine[1] | |
In office 14 May 2002 – 15 December 2012 |
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Personal details | |
Born | [2] Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
November 26, 1963
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Political party | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" |
Other political affiliations |
Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian National Self Defence |
Spouse(s) | Zoriana Zinovievna (born 1968; fashion designer)[2] |
Residence | Lviv, Ukraine |
Occupation | Journalist |
Website | www.shkil.org |
Andriy Shkil (Ukrainian: Андрі́й Васи́льович Шкіль; Andriy Vasilovich Shkil) is a Ukrainian politician.[1][2][3]
Biography
Professional career
Shkil graduated in 1988 from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University.[4]
In 1989 Shkil became a member of the editorial board of the newspaper Ukrayina Moloda and he was elected deputy chief of the Independent Ukrainian Youth Union.[2] From then he fulfilled various journalistic functions as writer and TV-presenter.[2] In 1997 Skhil graduated from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv's Department of Journalism.[2][3][4]
Political career
Shkil took part in the founding meeting of the Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian National Self Defence (UNA-UNSO) in June 1990.[4]
After having had several executive functions in UNA-UNSO in Lviv Shkil became the party leader of UNA-UNSO June 2002.[2][4] Shkil was active in Ukraine without Kuchma.[2][4] On March 21, 2001 Shkil was arrested on charges of "organizing mass unrest in Kiev during street demonstrations" and spent 13 months in jail.[2][4] While in custody, Shkil was elected the People's Deputy of Ukraine during the 2002 parliamentary elections, and as a result was released.[2][4] Shkil won a single-mandate constituency in the Lviv Oblast (province) and thus a seat in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament),[5][6] the UNA-UNSO itself won 0,04% of the votes.[7] In parliament Shkil became a member of the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-faction.[2][4] In 2003 Shkil left UNA-UNSO,[8] in March 2005 he became a member of All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland".[4] During the 2006 parliamentary elections and 2007 parliamentary elections Shkil was re-elected into the Verkhovna Rada high on the party list of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko.[1][4]
Shkil is the author of a bill banning abortion which was registered in the Verkhovna Rada at the request of the clergy of the Greek Catholic Church and the Vatican on 12 March 2012.[9]
Shkil was placed at number 87 on the electoral list of Batkivshchina during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[10] He was not re-elected into parliament.[11] Early 2013 Shkil applied for political asylum in the Czech Republic; Ukrainian authorities claim he is not prosecuted in Ukraine.[12] Since he came to the Czech Republic on the basis of a French visa Shkil moved to France in May 2013 because the Dublin Regulation stipulates France should deal with his appeal.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (Ukrainian) Official Verkhovna Rada website profile, Verkhovna Rada
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Shkil Andriy, Kyiv Post
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 (Russian) Андрей Шкиль. Liga.net
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 (Russian) Шкиль Андрей, Korrespondent (6 May 2009)
- ↑ The Constituency № 121, Central Election Commission of Ukraine (2002 regular election)
- ↑ Results of voting in single-mandate constituencies, Central Election Commission of Ukraine (2002 regular election)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Українська національна Ассамблея, Database DATA
- ↑ UNA-UNSO :: Articles
- ↑ Ukrainian clergy condemn FEMEN protest on Sophia Cathedral bell tower, Kyiv Post (11 April 2012)
- ↑ They Call Themselves the Opposition, The Ukrainian Week (31 August 2012)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 France may consider ex-lawmaker Shkil’s bid for asylum after Prague’s refusal – media, Interfax-Ukraine (16 April 2013)
External links
- Articles with Ukrainian-language external links
- Articles with Russian-language external links
- Articles containing Ukrainian-language text
- 1963 births
- Living people
- People from Lviv
- Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian National Self Defence politicians
- Batkivshchyna politicians
- Fourth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
- Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
- Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
- People of Ukraine without Kuchma
- Ukrainian journalists
- Ukrainian pharmacists
- University of Lviv alumni
- Lviv Medical University alumni