Andriy Parubiy | |
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Андрій Парубій | |
.jpg) Official portrait, 2016 | |
| Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office 14 April 2016[1] – 29 August 2019[2] | |
| Deputy | Iryna Herashchenko |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Groysman |
| Succeeded by | Dmytro Razumkov |
| First DeputyChairman of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office 4 December 2014 – 14 April 2016 | |
| President | Petro Poroshenko |
| Preceded by | Ihor Kalietnik |
| Succeeded by | Iryna Herashchenko |
| Secretary ofNational Security and Defense Council of Ukraine | |
| In office February 27, 2014 – August 7, 2014 | |
| President | Oleksandr Turchynov |
| Preceded by | Andriy Klyuyev |
| Succeeded by | Oleksandr Turchynov[3] |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| 6th convocation | |
| In office November 23, 2007 – December 12, 2012 | |
| Constituency | Our Ukraine, No.80[4] |
| 7th convocation | |
| In office December 12, 2012 – March 17, 2014 | |
| Constituency | Independent, No.21[5] |
| 8th convocation | |
| In office November 27, 2014 – August 29, 2019 | |
| Constituency | People's Front, No.4[6] |
| 9th convocation | |
| In office August 29, 2019 – Present | |
| Constituency | European Solidarity, No.2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1971-01-31)January 31, 1971 (age 54) Chervonohrad,Ukrainian SSR,Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | European Solidarity(2019–) |
| Other political affiliations | People's Front(2014–2019) Fatherland(2012–2014) Front for Change(2012) Our Ukraine(2004–2012) Social-National Party of Ukraine(1994–2004) |
| Residence(s) | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Alma mater | Lviv University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www.parubiy.org |
Andriy Volodymyrovych Parubiy[a] (Ukrainian:Андрій Володимирович Парубій; born 31 January 1971) is aUkrainian politician[7] who served as theChairman of theVerkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, from 14 April 2016 to 29 August 2019.[1][2] He previously served as Secretary of theNational Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, appointed after theEuromaidan protests in the2014 Ukrainian revolution,[8] until his resignation on August 7, 2014.[9][10]
In 1994 he graduated from the faculty of history ofUniversity of Lviv, receiving a diploma in the specialty "historian, teacher of history".
In 2001 he graduated from the graduate school of the State UniversityLviv Polytechnic, specialty "political science and sociology".
In the years leading up to theUkrainian independence in 1991 Parubiy was an independence activist and was arrested by the authorities of theUkrainian SSR for organizing an unsanctionedrally in 1989.[7] In 1991 he founded the far-rightSocial-National Party of Ukraine together withOleh Tyahnybok;[11] the party combinedradical nationalism andneo-Nazi features (by its name and the "Wolfsangel"-like sign).[7][12][13] In 1998–2004 Parubiy led the paramilitary organization of SNPU, thePatriot of Ukraine.[13] Parubiy left these organizations in 2004.[12]
Parubiy participated in the Orange Revolution in 2004.[7][14] In the2007 parliamentary elections he was voted into theUkrainian parliament on anOur Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc ticket. He then became a member of the deputy group that would later becomeFor Ukraine!.[7] Parubiy stayed withOur Ukraine and became a member of its political council.[15]
Prior to becoming a Deputy in the Verkhovna Rada in 2007, he was a deputy in the Lviv oblast council.[16] In February 2010 Parubiy asked theEuropean Parliament to reconsider its negative reaction to formerUkrainian PresidentVictor Yushchenko's decision to awardStepan Bandera, the leader of theOrganization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the title ofHero of Ukraine.[17]
In early February 2012 Parubiy left Our Ukraine because their "views diverged".[18] In2012 he was re-elected into parliament on the party list ofBatkivshchyna.[19]
From December 2013 to February 2014 Parubiy was acommandant ofEuromaidan.[20] He was coordinator of thevolunteer security corps for the mainstream protesters.[21] He was then appointed Secretary of theNational Security and Defence Council of Ukraine.[8] This appointment was approved by (then) newUkrainian PresidentPetro Poroshenko on June 16, 2014.[22]
As Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Parubiy supported the anti–terrorist operation againstpro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.[23]
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Parubiy resigned as Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council on August 7, 2014. He declined to say why, stating "I believe it is unacceptable to comment on my resignation in a time of war", and he would "continue to assist the front, primarily volunteer battalions".[9] President Poroshenko signed a decree confirming Parubiy's dismissal the same day.[10]
In September 2014 Parubiy became a founding member of his new partyPeople's Front.[24] At theUkrainian elections of October 2014 he was re-elected as People's Deputy on the party list "People's Front". On 4 December he was elected as Deputy Chairman of theVerkhovna Rada.
After the resignation ofVolodymyr Groysman, on 14 April 2016 he was elected asChairman of the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian equivalent of legislative speaker of parliament).[1]
On February 15, 2019, Parubiy signed a decree on the establishment of the parliamentary reform Office. The VR Chairman noted that it is planned to involve 15 employees in the work in the Office in accordance with the directions of parliamentary work[25]
In the July2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parubiy was placed second on the party list ofEuropean Solidarity.[26] The party won 23 seats (on the nationwide party list and 2 constituency seats) and thus Parubiy was re-elected to parliament.[27] On 29 August 2019 he was succeeded as Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada byDmytro Razumkov.[2]
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Despite having left far-right politics in 2004[28] Parubiy has frequently been the target ofdisinformation andfake news by pro-Russian media, who routinely refer to him as a "Nazi", especially after theRevolution of Dignity. For example, after theConstitutional Court of Ukraine declared the Law on National Referendums unconstitutional, Parubiy cautioned against the use of referendums to manipulate the population, pointing out thatAdolf Hitler also used referendums inNazi Germany to accomplish his goals;[29] Russian media (such asRIA Novosti,RT,Zvezda,NTV,Sputnik and others), Ukrainian pro-Russian media (112 Ukraine,NewsOne,Strana.ua,KP and others) and Ukrainian pro-Russian politicians (such asVadim Rabinovich andViktor Medvedchuk) distorted Parubyi's phrase, stating that Parubiy had openly praised Hitler. It was eventually debunked by theKharkiv Human Rights Protection Group and media watchdog Detector Media.[30][31]
Ecumenical Patriarchate: cross of St. Andrew the First-Called[32]
It is noteworthy that of these various Ukrainian nationalist parties the SNPU was the least inclined to conceal its neofascist affiliations. Its official symbol was the somewhat modified Wolf's Hook (wolfsangel), used as a symbol by the German SS division Das Reich and the Dutch SS division Landstorm Nederland during World War II and by a number of European neofascist organizations after 1945. As seen by the SNPU leadership, the Wolf's Hook became the "idea of the nation." Moreover, the official name of the party's ideology, "social nationalism," clearly referred back to "national socialism" – the official name of the ideology of the National-Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) and of the Hitlerite regime. The SNPU's political platform distinguished itself by its openly revolutionary ultranationalism, its demands for the violent takeover of power in the country, and its willingness to blame Russia for all of Ukraine's ills. Moreover, the SNPU was the first relatively large party to recruit Nazi skinheads and football hooligans. But in the political arena, its support in the 1990s remained insignificant.
the widely cited Counterpunch piece contains several inaccuracies. It... describes national security chief Andriy Parubiy as a "co-founder of Svoboda" without mentioning his post-2004 move to moderate and even left-of-center parties
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