Andriy Shkil

Andriy Shkil (Ukrainian: Андрі́й Васи́льович Шкіль; Andriy Vasilovich Shkil) is a Ukrainian politician.[1][2][3]

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
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyAll-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
Other political
affiliations		Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian National Self Defence
Spouse(s)Zoriana Zinovievna (born 1968; fashion designer)[2]
ResidenceLviv, Ukraine
OccupationJournalist
Websitewww.shkil.org

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]

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References
  1. (in Ukrainian) Official Verkhovna Rada website profile Archived 2010-11-16 at the Wayback Machine, Verkhovna Rada
  2. Shkil Andriy, Kyiv Post
  3. (in Russian) Андрей Шкиль. Liga.net
  4. (in Russian) Shkil explained why does not return to Ukraine Archived 2016-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, Espreso TV (22 November 2016)
  5. (in Russian) Шкиль Андрей Archived 2011-02-19 at the Wayback Machine, Korrespondent (6 May 2009)
  6. The Constituency № 121 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Central Election Commission of Ukraine (2002 regular election)
  7. Results of voting in single-mandate constituencies Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Central Election Commission of Ukraine (2002 regular election)
  8. (in 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. (in Ukrainian) Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
  13. France may consider ex-lawmaker Shkil’s bid for asylum after Prague’s refusal – media, Interfax-Ukraine (16 April 2013)
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