Viktoria Siumar
Viktoria Petrivna Siumar (Ukrainian: Вікто́рія Петрі́вна Сю́мар, born 23 October 1977)[1] is a Ukrainian journalist and politician.
Viktoria Siumar | |
|---|---|
Вікторія Сюмар | |
 Siumar in March 2012 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office 27 November 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 October 1977 Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | not a full member of any party |
| Other political affiliations | member of People's Front parliamentary faction |
| Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Historical faculty; NASU Institute of History of Ukraine |
Biography
Siumar formerly worked as an anchor for Hromadske Radio, as a freelance journalist for Voice of America in Ukraine, and as a lecturer at the Taras Shevchenko National University Institute of Journalism.[2] From March to June 2014, she served as the Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council.[3][4] In June 2014, Siumar was a member and potential party leader of (the party) Volia.[5] Representing People's Front, she was elected to the Ukrainian parliament in the October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[1] Since December 2014, she has been heading the Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy.[6]
In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Siumar was placed sixteenth of the party list of European Solidarity.[7] She was elected to parliament.[8]
The information referred to in the declaration of assets, revenues, expenditures and financial liabilities is shown on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine : http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/declview/home/preview/17948 Archived 2015-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
References
- "Народний депутат України VIII скликання: Сюмар Вікторія Петрівна" [Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada: Viktoria Petrivna Siumar] (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada.
- "Aspen Ideas Speaker: Viktoria Siumar". Aspen Institute. 2014.
- "Russia waging not information, but disinformation war against Ukraine, NSDC official says". Ukrinform. 5 March 2014.
- "Siumar resigns as NSDC deputy secretary". Ukrinform. 6 June 2014.
- (in Russian) Sobolev Syumar will lead to a new party elections, LB.ua (June 21, 2014)
- Комітет з питань свободи слова та інформаційної політики [Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy] (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada. 6 January 2015.
- "Партія Порошенка назвала перших 50 кандидатів". Українська правда.
- CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
(in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)