Andriy Shkil | |
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Андрій Шкіль | |
People's Deputy of Ukraine [1] | |
In office 14 May 2002 – 15 December 2012 | |
Preceded by | Oleksandr Lavrynovych (2002) |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished (2006) |
Constituency |
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Personal details | |
Born | [2] Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | 26 November 1963
Political party | Batkivshchyna (since 2005) |
Other political affiliations |
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Spouse | Zoriana Zinovievna (born 1968; fashion designer) [2] |
Residence(s) | Lviv, Ukraine |
Alma mater | University of Lviv |
Occupation | Journalist |
Website |
www |
Andriy Vasylovych Shkil ( Ukrainian: Андрі́й Васи́льович Шкіль; born 26 November 1963) is a Ukrainian politician. [1] [2] [3]
Since 2013 Shkil lives in exile in France because he fears he will be arrested in Ukraine due to a 2001 criminal case. [4]
Shkil graduated in 1988 from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University. [5]
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] [5]
Shkil took part in the founding meeting of the Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian National Self Defence (UNA-UNSO) in June 1990. [5]
After having had several executive functions in UNA-UNSO in Lviv, Shkil became the party leader of UNA-UNSO June 2002. [2] [5] Shkil was active in Ukraine without Kuchma. [2] [5] On 21 March 2001 Shkil was arrested on charges of "organizing mass unrest in Kyiv during street demonstrations" and spent 13 months in jail. [2] [5] While in custody, Shkil was elected the People's Deputy of Ukraine during the 2002 parliamentary elections, and as a result was released. [2] [5] Shkil won a single-mandate constituency in the Lviv Oblast (province) and thus a seat in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament), [6] [7] the UNA-UNSO itself won 0,04% of the votes. [8] In the Verkhovna Rada, Shkil became a member of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. [2] [5] In 2003 Shkil left UNA-UNSO, [9] and in March 2005 he became a member of Batkivshchyna. [5] During the 2006 and 2007 parliamentary elections Shkil was re-elected into the Verkhovna Rada high on the party list of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. [1] [5]
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. [10]
Shkil was placed at number 87 on the electoral list of Batkivshchyna during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. [11] He was not re-elected into parliament. [12] Early 2013 Shkil applied for political asylum in the Czech Republic; Ukrainian authorities claim he is not prosecuted in Ukraine. [13] 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. [13] In a November 2016 interview with Espreso TV Shkil stated he still resided in France because the criminal case made after his 21 March 2001 arrest was still open. [4]
Andriy Shkil | |
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Андрій Шкіль | |
People's Deputy of Ukraine [1] | |
In office 14 May 2002 – 15 December 2012 | |
Preceded by | Oleksandr Lavrynovych (2002) |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished (2006) |
Constituency |
|
Personal details | |
Born | [2] Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | 26 November 1963
Political party | Batkivshchyna (since 2005) |
Other political affiliations |
|
Spouse | Zoriana Zinovievna (born 1968; fashion designer) [2] |
Residence(s) | Lviv, Ukraine |
Alma mater | University of Lviv |
Occupation | Journalist |
Website |
www |
Andriy Vasylovych Shkil ( Ukrainian: Андрі́й Васи́льович Шкіль; born 26 November 1963) is a Ukrainian politician. [1] [2] [3]
Since 2013 Shkil lives in exile in France because he fears he will be arrested in Ukraine due to a 2001 criminal case. [4]
Shkil graduated in 1988 from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University. [5]
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] [5]
Shkil took part in the founding meeting of the Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian National Self Defence (UNA-UNSO) in June 1990. [5]
After having had several executive functions in UNA-UNSO in Lviv, Shkil became the party leader of UNA-UNSO June 2002. [2] [5] Shkil was active in Ukraine without Kuchma. [2] [5] On 21 March 2001 Shkil was arrested on charges of "organizing mass unrest in Kyiv during street demonstrations" and spent 13 months in jail. [2] [5] While in custody, Shkil was elected the People's Deputy of Ukraine during the 2002 parliamentary elections, and as a result was released. [2] [5] Shkil won a single-mandate constituency in the Lviv Oblast (province) and thus a seat in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament), [6] [7] the UNA-UNSO itself won 0,04% of the votes. [8] In the Verkhovna Rada, Shkil became a member of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. [2] [5] In 2003 Shkil left UNA-UNSO, [9] and in March 2005 he became a member of Batkivshchyna. [5] During the 2006 and 2007 parliamentary elections Shkil was re-elected into the Verkhovna Rada high on the party list of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. [1] [5]
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. [10]
Shkil was placed at number 87 on the electoral list of Batkivshchyna during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. [11] He was not re-elected into parliament. [12] Early 2013 Shkil applied for political asylum in the Czech Republic; Ukrainian authorities claim he is not prosecuted in Ukraine. [13] 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. [13] In a November 2016 interview with Espreso TV Shkil stated he still resided in France because the criminal case made after his 21 March 2001 arrest was still open. [4]