Volodymyr Parasyuk Explained

Volodymyr Parasyuk
Native Name Lang:uk
Office:People's Deputy of Ukraine
Term Start:27 November 2014[1]
Term End:29 August 2019[2]
Predecessor:Vasyl Pazynak
Successor:Pavlo Bakunets
Constituency:Lviv Oblast, No. 122
Birth Date:9 July 1987
Birth Place:Maidan, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Party:Independent
Otherparty:UKROP
Allegiance:Ukraine
Branch:Special Tasks Patrol Police
Serviceyears:2014
Unit:Dnipro Battalion
Battles:

Volodymyr Zinoviyovych Parasyuk (Ukrainian: Володи́мир Зіно́війович Парасю́к; born 9 July 1987) is a Ukrainian military commander and politician who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 27 November 2014 to 29 August 2019. Previously, he served as a member of the Dnipro Battalion and as a protest leader during Euromaidan.

Biography

Volodymyr Zinoviyovych Parasyuk was born on 9 July 1987 in the village of Maidan, in Ukraine's Lviv Oblast.[3]

Parasyuk took part in the Euromaidan protests, where he was a sotnik (commander) of a group of defenders of the Maidan (a sotnia). He became known for his Euromaidan speech on 21 February 2014, in which he rejected the terms of an agreement between opposition leaders and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. In his speech, Parasyuk delivered an ultimatum, demanding Yanukovych's resignation and vowing his group would storm Yanukovych's Mezhyhirya Residence at 10 a.m. the next day without it. The next morning, Yanukovych left the country.[4]

Later, Parasyuk fought in the war in Donbas as a member of the Dnipro Battalion,[3] [5] [6] [7] where he was taken prisoner by Russian forces during the battle of Ilovaisk and illegally moved to Rostov on Don. He was later released with other Ukrainian prisoners of war.

He studied in the Faculty of Electronics at Lviv University, specializing in physical and biomedical electronics, but did not graduate from the program. He later studied banking, and in 2016, he graduated from Lviv University with a bachelor's degree in economics.

Parasyuk was a member of the Student Brotherhood of Lviv University and the far-right Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists.[8] He was elected to the Verkhovna Rada during the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[9] As an independent candidate, Parasyuk won a parliamentary seat in Ukraine's 122nd electoral district with 56.56% of the vote.[10] [3] [11] In the Verkhovna Rada, he joined the inter-factional group Ukrainian Association of Patriots (UKROP).[12]

The Central Election Commission of Ukraine refused Parasyuk to register as a candidate for the snap 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election because the required deposit was made by an "inappropriate person".[13] This error could not be corrected because Parasyuk submitted his documents for registration on the last day it was possible.[13]

References

  1. http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/583500/ CEC registers 357 newly elected deputies of 422
  2. News: Козак Гаврилюк, сотник Володимир Парасюк, провідник Дмитро Ярош та інші герої Революції Гідності. Ukrayinska Pravda.
  3. Web site: Одномандатный избирательный округ № 122 . Ukrainian . Candidates and winner for the seat in constituency 122 in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election . . 2014-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141105005658/http://vibori2014.rbc.ua/ukr/okrug/lvovskaya-oblast/odnomandatny-122 . 2014-11-05 . dead .
  4. Web site: Parasyuk to run for parliament . 20 September 2014 .
  5. News: In Ukraine turbulence, a lad from Lviv becomes the toast of Kiev . Richard . Balmforth . . 25 February 2014 .
  6. News: Beyond the Crisis, Hope for Ukraine . James . Rupert . . 14 March 2014 .
  7. News: Frontline politics: Ukraine fighters run for parliament . . 21 October 2014 . 24 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141211151545/http://www.afp.com/en/node/2965382/ . 11 December 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  8. Web site: Staff . About the Source Euromaidan Press . 2014-02-25 . The sotnyk who turned it around: We had to break them down . 2023-05-14 . Euromaidan Press . en-US.
  9. Web site: Парасюк Володимир Зіновійович . Ukrainian . Volodymyr Zinoviyovych Parasiuk . . 6 December 2014 .
  10. Web site: Електоральна пам'ять. ukr.vote.
  11. News: Video of first brawl in Verkhovna Rada becomes a YouTube hit . Ian . Bateson . . 5 December 2014 .
  12. http://ua.korrespondent.net/ukraine/3529272-minuist-zareiestruvav-partiui-kolomoiskoho Justice Ministry registered the party Kolomoisky
  13. Web site: Парасюка не зареєструвала кандидатом в депутати із-за застави від "неналежної особи". glavcom.ua. 24 June 2019 .