Roman Lozynskyi
Roman Mykhailovych Lozynsky (Ukrainian: Роман Михайлович Лозинський) is a Ukrainian politician and public figure, People's Deputy of Ukraine.[1], First Deputy Head of the Committee on Service, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning [2] of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, a member of Euronest Parliamentary Assembly. A member of the "Holos" ("Voice") political party and a former chairman of the Ukrainian Galician Party[3]
Roman Lozynskyi Роман Лозинський | |
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| People's Deputy of Ukraine of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office 29 August 2019 | |
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| Born | 20 January 1994 Lviv, Ukraine |
| Political party | Voice |
| Education | University of Lviv and Ukrainian Catholic University |
| Occupation | political scientist |
In addition to his political career, he is a member of such public organizations as Plast - National scout organization of Ukraine and Running Ukraine, triathlete, marathon runner, сo-founder of the educational project "Young Elite School" in Lviv.
Education
He studied at a specialized school №28 with an in-depth study of the German language in Lviv.
In 2015 he graduated from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, in Political science, and received a bachelor’s degree<ref>Roman Lozynskyi - CHESNO project.
In the same year, he successfully passed the program "Political Studies: everything a future deputy needs to know" at the Institute of Leadership and Management of the Ukrainian Catholic University
In 2016 he completed the Higher Political School program at the Centre of Political Studies and Analytics in Kyiv.
In 2017 he received a master's degree (MPA) from the School of Public Administration of the Ukrainian Catholic University<ref>Roman Lozynskyi - CHESNO project.
Political activity
In 2015 as a student, he joined the Ukrainian Galician Party.
In the 2015 local elections, he ran for the Lviv City Council of the 7th convocation from the Ukrainian Galician Party in constituency 46. He took second place in his district with a rating of 8.9%. In the intra-party rating, he took the 7th place out of 41.
Since 2015 he is an Assistant to the Deputy of the Lviv City Council Yulia Hvozdovych, Chairman of the Commission on Legality, Deputy Activity, and Freedom of Speech.
In 2016 he did an internship in the office of Borys Wrzesnewskyj, a member of the three convocations of the House of Commons of Canada from the Liberal Party.
2015-2017 — Deputy Chairman of the Lviv city organization Ukrainian Galician Party.
2017-2018 — Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian Galician Party and head of the party secretariat. As a deputy, Roman Lozynsky introduced expert groups in the party — special commissions that professionally investigate key issues to eliminate populism.
In March 2018 he became chairman of the Political Council of the Ukrainian Galician Party.
In the summer of 2019 the Ukrainian Galician Party and the Voice agreed to cooperate in the framework of the parliamentary campaign. In the 2019 elections he was the coordinator of the Voice party in the Lviv region.
On August 29 2019 Roman Lozynsky became a People's Deputy of Ukraine (number 15 in the Voice`s party list).
In April 2020 he launched a campaign demanding the continuation of blocking Russian social networks in Ukraine (such a VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Mail.ru, etc.). On May 13 he collected the signatures of 156 people's deputies for holding an extraordinary sitting of the Verkhovna Rada to adopt a resolution on continuing to block social networks. On the same day, the Verkhovna Rada voted 252 deputies in favor of draft Resolution # 3319 on the extension of sanctions. The next day, the President of Ukraine signed a decree, which extended the sanctions and, accordingly, the blocking of Russian social networks in Ukraine by Internet providers.