Yuriy Bereza

Yuriy Mykolayovych Bereza (Ukrainian: Юрій Миколайович Береза; born 8 February 1970)[1] is a Ukrainian politician and the commander of the Dnipro Battalion.[2][3] Representing People's Front, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[1] In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Bereza was not re-elected.[4] As an independent candidate in constituency 24 (in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) he gained 7.55% of the vote and lost the election to Dmytro Kysylevskyi of the party Servant of the People (who won with 59.36% of the votes)[5][6]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Mykolayovych and the family name is Bereza.
Yuriy Bereza
Юрій Береза
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
27 November 2014 – 24 July 2019
ConstituencyPeople's Front, No. 10
Personal details
Born (1970-02-08) 8 February 1970
Saksahan, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partyPeople's Front
Alma materTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Military service
Allegiance Ukraine
Branch/serviceDnipro-1 Regiment
Years of service1992-2003, 2014
Rank Major

Awards

References
  1. "Народний депутат України VIII скликання: Береза Юрій Миколайович" [Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada: Yuriy Mykolayovych Bereza] (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada.
  2. Dettmer, Jamie (24 November 2014). "Should the U.S. Arm Ukraine's Militias?". The Daily Beast.
  3. Smith, Sebastian (31 October 2014). "Ukraine soldiers to government: we're coming for you next". Agence France-Presse. Yahoo News.
  4. "Лише один із 13 народних депутатів на Дніпропетровщині пройшов у Раду". www.ukrinform.ua. 24 July 2019.
  5. "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
  6. "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
  7. "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 747/2014 Про відзначення державними нагородами України" [Ukrainian Presidential Decree number 747/2014: Recipients of Ukrainian state awards] (in Ukrainian). president.gov.ua. 29 September 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.