Andriy Vasylovych Shkil (Ukrainian: Андрі́й Васи́льович Шкіль; born 26 November 1963) is a Ukrainian politician.[1][2][3]
Andriy Shkil | |
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Андрій Шкіль | |
 Shkil in 2009 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine[1] | |
| In office 14 May 2002 – 15 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Oleksandr Lavrynovych (2002) |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished (2006) |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 November 1963[2] Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Political party | Batkivshchyna (since 2005) |
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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 |
Since 2013 Shkil lives in exile in France because he fears he will be arrested in Ukraine due to a 2001 criminal case.[4]
Biography
editProfessional career
editShkil 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]
Political career
editShkil 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Official Verkhovna Rada website profile Archived 2010-11-16 at the Wayback Machine, Verkhovna Rada
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Shkil Andriy, Kyiv Post
- ^ a b (in Russian) Андрей Шкиль. Liga.net
- ^ a b (in Russian) Shkil explained why does not return to Ukraine Archived 2016-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, Espreso TV (22 November 2016)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j (in Russian) Шкиль Андрей Archived 2011-02-19 at the Wayback Machine, Korrespondent (6 May 2009)
- ^ The Constituency № 121 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Central Election Commission of Ukraine (2002 regular election)
- ^ Results of voting in single-mandate constituencies Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Central Election Commission of Ukraine (2002 regular election)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Українська національна Ассамблея, Database DATA
- ^ UNA-UNSO :: Articles Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
- ^ a b France may consider ex-lawmaker Shkil’s bid for asylum after Prague’s refusal – media, Interfax-Ukraine (16 April 2013)