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Mustafa Dzhemilev | |
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| Mustafa Cemilev Мустафа Джемілєв | |
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| Leader ofAtesh | |
| In office 2022–present | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People | |
| In office 1991–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Refat Chubarov |
| Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for the Affairs of the Crimean Tatar People | |
| In office 2014–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Post is vacant |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 1998–Present | |
| 8th convocation | |
| In office November 27, 2014 – August 29, 2019 | |
| Constituency | Petro Poroshenko Bloc, No.5 |
| 9th convocation | |
| Assumed office August 29, 2019 | |
| Constituency | European Solidarity, No.6 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mustafa Abdülcemil (1943-11-13)13 November 1943 (age 82) |
| Citizenship | Ukraine |
| Nationality | Crimean Tatar |
| Party | Rukh |
| Other political affiliations | Our Ukraine |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards |    Member of the Order of LibertyOrder of the Republic Order for Merits to Lithuania |
Mustafa Abduldzhemil Jemilev (Crimean Tatar:Mustafa Abdülcemil Cemilev, Мустафа Абдюльджемиль Джемилев,[mustɑˈfɑɑbdyld͡ʒɛˈmild͡ʒɛˈmilɛw]), also known widely with his adopted descriptive surnameQırımoğlu "Son of Crimea" (Crimean Tatar Cyrillic:Къырымогълу,[qərəmɔɣˈlu]); born 13 November 1943,Ay Serez, Crimea, is the former chairman of theMejlis of the Crimean Tatar People[1][2] and a member of theUkrainian Parliament since 1998. Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for the Affairs of the Crimean Tatar People (2014–2019).[3] He is a member of the Crimean Tatar National Movement and a formerSovietdissident.[4][5]
Dzhemilev was born to aCrimean Tatar family on 13 November 1943 inAy-Serez,Crimea, then Russian SFSR, though at the time underNazi occupation. He was only six months old when his family, with the rest of theCrimean Tatar population, wasdeported by Soviet authorities in May 1944, soon afterSoviet forces retook the peninsula.[6] He grew up in exile, in theUzbek SSR.
At the age of 18, Dzhemilev and several of his activist friends established the Union of Young Crimean Tatars. He thus began the arduous and long struggle for the recognition of the rights of Crimean Tatars to return to their homeland. Between 1966 and 1986, Dzhemilev was arrested six times for anti-Soviet activities and served time in Soviet prisons andlabor camps and lived under surveillance.[7] Dzhemilev is also remembered for going on the longesthunger strike in the history ofhuman rights movements. The hunger strike lasted for 303 days, but he survived due to forced feeding.
He was expelled in the second year from the Tashkent engineers of irrigation and reclamation of agriculture "for unworthy behavior", namely the writing of historical work on the history of Turkic culture in the Crimea before the elimination of the Crimean Khanate from "nationalist" positions.[8]
In May 1989, he was elected to head the newly founded Crimean Tatar National Movement. The same year, he returned to Crimea with his family, a move that would be followed by the eventual return of 250,000 Tatars to their homeland.
During the1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was elected into theUkrainian parliament on theRukh list;[9] in2002,[10]2006[11] and2007[11] he was re-elected as a member ofOur Ukraine.[11]
Interior MinisterYuriy Lutsenko stated in October 2009 that a grouping related toTaliban andAl-Qaeda called "At-Takfir val-Hijra" had been preparing an attempt on Dzhemilev's life; two members of the group were arrested.[1]
In early November 2011, Dzhemilev announced his retirement from politics.[12] But during the2012 parliamentary elections he joined theAll-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" election list and was re-elected to parliament.[13][14]
In the2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Dzhemilev was re-elected into parliament after being in the top 10 of the electoral list ofPetro Poroshenko Bloc.[15]
In the July2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Dzhemilev was placed sixth on the party list ofEuropean Solidarity.[16] He was reelected to parliament.[17] Dzhemilev is a member of the Committee on Human Rights, Deoccupation and Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories in Donetsk, Luhansk Regions and Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, National Minorities and Interethnic Relations.[18]
Dzhemilev was inAnkara during theCrimean referendum. After the preliminary results of the referendum were announced, he held a joint press conference with theTurkish foreign ministerAhmet Davutoğlu. Dzhemilev declared that the Mejlis had a stance identical withTurkey in considering the referendum illegal and claimed that the results were manipulated by Russia.[19]
In April 2014, Dzhemilev was handed a document on theUkrainian border informing him he is banned byfederal law from entering Russian territory for five years. The typewritten document was unsigned, with no official heading, and was made public by the Crimean Tatar parliament, the Mejlis.[20] A spokesman for the RussianFederal Migration Service (FMS) said the agency did not have any information on the travel ban.
Russian authorities then issued anarrest warrant for Dzhemilev and placed him on the federal wanted list, allegedly for trying to illegally cross the border when he attempted to return to Crimea.[21]
Dzhemilev has been nominated for theNobel Peace Prize several times, by various NGOs and persons.[22][23][24]
In October 1998, theUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees awarded Dzhemilev theNansen Medal for his outstanding efforts and "his commitment to the right of return of the Crimean Tatars." In an interview Dzhemilev gave shortly after receiving the Nansen Medal, he emphasized that "when violent means are used, innocent people die, and no just cause can justify the taking of innocent lives." The Crimean Tatar National Movement has been marked by persistent reliance on non-violence.
On 14 April 2014, Dzhemilev was awarded theOrder of the Republic by Turkish presidentAbdullah Gül.[25]
On 3 June 2014, Dzhemilev was awarded as the first recipient of theSolidarity Prize, by the Republic of Poland.[26][27]
For more information about Mustafa Dzhemilev and related links to his interviews and writings, seethe Web site of the International Committee for Crimea.
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| Preceded by position introduced | Chairman of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People 1991–2013 | Succeeded by |
