Refat Chubarov | |
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 Chubarov in 2021 | |
| 2ndChairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People | |
| Assumed office 28 October 2013[1] | |
| Preceded by | Mustafa Dzhemilev |
| President of the Worldwide Congress of Crimean Tatars | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 15 May 2015[2] – 29 August 2019 | |
| Constituency | Petro Poroshenko Bloc, No. 71 |
| In office 1998–2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1957-09-22)22 September 1957 (age 68) |
| Political party | Strength and Honor (since 2019)[3] Petro Poroshenko Bloc (2014–2019) |
Refat Abdurahman oglu Chubarov[a] (born 22 September 1957) is a Crimean politician and public figure, leader of theCrimean Tatar national movement in Ukraine and worldwide.
Chubarov was born on 22 September 1957 inSamarkand,Uzbek SSR in the family of Crimean Tatar Abduraman Seitasan oglu Chubarov (1931–2014), who wasdeported in 1944 by the Soviet authorities from his native village of Ay Serez (todayMizhrichchia,Sudak Municipality).[4][5] In 1968, the Chubarov family was allowed to return, but not to the southern coast of Crimea, so the family settled in Pryvilne (Krasnoperekopsk Raion).[4][5]
In 1983 Chubarov graduated from theMoscow State Historic-Archive Institute. After graduation and until September 1990 he worked at the Central State Archives of the October Revolution and the Socialist Construction of Latvian SSR inRiga. From 1989 to 1991, Chubarov was a regional representative at the Riga city council, as a member of thePopular Front of Latvia faction, which favoured Latvian independence from the Soviet Union.[2]
Since November 2013, he has served as the chairman of theMejlis of the Crimean Tatar People. He served as Deputy Chairman of theSupreme Council of Crimea from 1995 to 1998 and asPeople's Deputy of Ukraine from 1998 to 2007. He has also served as the President of the Worldwide Congress of Crimean Tatars since 2009.[6] In 2014, he called theCrimean status referendum "a circus" and also said that it was "a tragedy, an illegitimate government with armed forces from another country".[7] In the aftermath of the referendumRussia annexed Crimea on 18 March 2014.[8]
In June 2014, Chubarov vowed to boycott theSeptember 2014 Crimean parliamentary election.[9]
From 15 May 2015, Chubarov was a member of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) as a member of thePetro Poroshenko Bloc.[2] He was placed #71 on this party's election list during the2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[2]
In November 2015, Russia unsuccessfully tried to place Chubarov on theInterpol search list, after a Ukrainian query not to admit this request.[10] Russia accused Chubarov of calling for secession of Crimea from Russia.[10]
The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People was labeled an "extremist organisation" and subsequently banned by Crimea's supreme court on 26 April 2016.[11]
Chubarov again took part in the July2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, this time for the partyStrength and Honor.[3] The party won 3.82% of the vote, not enough to meet the 5% election threshold and thus got no parliamentary seats.[12]
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