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]
Biography
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 2018 he was involved in a parliamentary brawl, ultimately punching Nestor Shufrych, after a member accused another of being 'Putin's agent' using a poster. [7]
Awards
- In September 2014, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Народний депутат України VIII скликання: Береза Юрій Миколайович" [Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada: Yuriy Mykolayovych Bereza] (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada.
- ^ Dettmer, Jamie (24 November 2014). "Should the U.S. Arm Ukraine's Militias?". The Daily Beast.
- ^ Smith, Sebastian (31 October 2014). "Ukraine soldiers to government: we're coming for you next". Agence France-Presse. Yahoo News.
- ^ "Лише один із 13 народних депутатів на Дніпропетровщині пройшов у Раду". www.ukrinform.ua. 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
- ^ "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
- ^ "Ukrainian parliament breaks out in brawl over 'Putin's agent' poster". NBC News. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "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.
External links
Media related to Yuriy Bereza at Wikimedia Commons
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