Stepan Barna | |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Office: | Governor of Ternopil Oblast |
Term Start: | 2015 |
Term End: | 2019 |
Predecessor: | Oleh Syrotyuk |
Successor: | Ihor Sopel |
Birth Name: | Stepan Stepanovych Barna |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1979 |
Birth Place: | Nahiryanka, Chortkiv Raion, Ukrainian SSR |
Party: | Our Ukraine For Ukraine Petro Poroshenko Bloc |
Alma Mater: | Ternopil Pedagogical University Institute of political and ethno-national research Ternopil Economic University |
Stepan Stepanovych Barna (; born 9 October 1979) is a Ukrainian political activist and former member of the Verkhovna Rada for the Petro Poroshenko Bloc.[1]
Barna was born in Zhyznomyr, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. From 1999 to 2006, he worked as a political activist for various organizations, some associated with Our Ukraine.
In 2006, Barna became a member of the Ternopil Oblast council.
From 2014 to 2015, he was a member of the Verkhovna Rada representing Petro Poroshenko Bloc, whereafter he served as Governor of Ternopil Oblast for four years.
Barna and his brother Oleh, also a former member of the Verkhovna Rada, fought in the 68th Jager Brigade[2] during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Oleh was killed in action on April 17, 2023.[1]