Andriy Shkil

Andriy Shkil
Андрі́й Васи́льович Шкіль
People's Deputy of Ukraine[1]
In office
14 May 2002 – 15 December 2012
Personal details
Born (1963-11-26) November 26, 1963[2]
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Ukrainian
Political party All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
Other political
affiliations		 Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian National Self Defence
Spouse(s) Zoriana Zinovievna (born 1968; fashion designer)[2]
Residence Lviv, Ukraine
Occupation Journalist
Website www.shkil.org

Andriy Shkil (Ukrainian: Андрі́й Васи́льович Шкіль; Andriy Vasilovich Shkil) 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]

Biography

Professional career

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]

Political career

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 March 21, 2001 Shkil was arrested on charges of "organizing mass unrest in Kiev 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 parliament Shkil became a member of the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-faction.[2][5] In 2003 Shkil left UNA-UNSO,[9] in March 2005 he became a member of All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland".[5] During the 2006 parliamentary elections and 2007 parliamentary elections Shkil was re-elected into the Verkhovna Rada high on the party list of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko.[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 Batkivshchina 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 March 21, 2001 arrest was still open.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 (Ukrainian) Official Verkhovna Rada website profile, Verkhovna Rada
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Shkil Andriy, Kyiv Post
  3. 1 2 (Russian) Андрей Шкиль. Liga.net
  4. 1 2 (Russian) Shkil explained why does not return to Ukraine, Espreso TV (22 November 2016)
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (Russian) Шкиль Андрей, Korrespondent (6 May 2009)
  6. ↑ The Constituency № 121, Central Election Commission of Ukraine (2002 regular election)
  7. ↑ Results of voting in single-mandate constituencies, Central Election Commission of Ukraine (2002 regular election)
  8. ↑ (Ukrainian) Українська національна Ассамблея, Database DATA
  9. ↑ UNA-UNSO :: Articles
  10. ↑ Ukrainian clergy condemn FEMEN protest on Sophia Cathedral bell tower, Kyiv Post (11 April 2012)
  11. ↑ They Call Themselves the Opposition, The Ukrainian Week (31 August 2012)
  12. ↑ (Ukrainian) Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
  13. 1 2 France may consider ex-lawmaker Shkil’s bid for asylum after Prague’s refusal – media, Interfax-Ukraine (16 April 2013)

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