Hanna Mykolaivna Herman ( uk, Га́нна Микола́ївна Ге́рман) (born 24 April 1959;
Lviv
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Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, founded in October 1995 by Jed Sunden.
History
American Jed Sunden founded the ''Kyiv Post'' weekly newspaper on Oct. 18, 1995 and later created KP Media for his holdings. ...
(5 September 2011)) is a Ukrainian politician, former
Member of Parliament
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of
Ukraine
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, and advisor to former
President of Ukraine
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Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of D ...
.
Biography
Hanna Herman was born in a village of Kolodruby in
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a relational adjective—in English translating to a noun adjunct w ...
to Mykola Petrovych Stetsiv (1932–1971, worker) and Kateryna Hryhorivna Hanushchak (1936 – 2013, cultural activist). In 1982, Hanna Herman graduated from the Journalism faculty of
Lviv University
The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...
as a journalist.Biography
From 1981 to 1984, she worked at the Mykolaiv Raion newspaper "Leninska Zorya" (Lenin's Dawn) as a teletypist, reporter, head of department. After that Hanna Herman worked at the
Lviv
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newspaper "Leninska Molod" (Lenin's Youth) until 1990. During that period she was a member of the Union of journalists of USSR.
From 1991 to 2002, Hanna Herman worked at the Lviv city newspaper "Ratusha" ( Rathaus) as a reporter, while being an independent correspondent of Radio Liberty. From 2002 to 2004 she was head of the
Kyiv
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Kyi ...
Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of D ...
who at that time held position of the
Prime Minister of Ukraine
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. She was also the chief of press service of the
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
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.
In January 2005 – May 2006, H.Herman was advisor to the
Party of Regions
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leader Viktor Yanukovych.
From May 2006 to November 2007 Hanna Herman was the
People's Deputy of Ukraine
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of V convocation, first deputy head of the parliamentary committee on freedom of speech and information (07.2006–01.2007), member of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs (01.2007–11.2007).
In August 2006 – December 2007, H.Herman was advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine.
From November 2007 to February 2010 Hanna Herman was the People's Deputy of Ukraine of VI convocation, Head of the parliamentary committee on freedom of speech and information (12.2007–02.2010).
On 28 November 2006, she was one of the only two Party of Regions MPs who voted in favour of the law recognizing Holodomor as
genocide
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.
On 25 February 2010, Herman was appointed deputy head of the Presidential Administration. In April 2011 – November 2012, she served as advisor to the
President of Ukraine
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Viktor Yanukovych, Head of the Main Office for Humanitarian and Social-Political Affairs, President's Administration.
In 2010, the Ukrainian magazine
Focus
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Arts
* Focus or Focus Festival, former name of the Adelaide Fringe arts festival in South Australia Film
*''Focus'', a 1962 TV film starring James Whitmore
* ''Focus'' (2001 film), a 2001 film based ...
named Hanna Herman as the second most influential woman in Ukraine after
Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan ();Ukrainian Parliament
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
Constitution of Ukraine
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, Convention about the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, obligations and duties of Ukraine as a member of the UNO, CE and OSCE.
Herman did not participate in the
2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Snap elections to the Verkhovna Rada took place on 26 October 2014.
Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, had pressed for early parliamentary elections since his victory in the presidential election in May.Viacheslav Chornovil
Viacheslav Maksymovych Chornovil ( uk, В'ячесла́в Макси́мович Чорнові́л; 24 December 1937 – 25 March 1999) was a Ukrainian politician and Soviet dissident. As a prominent Ukrainian dissident in the Soviet Union, ...
and writer
Lina Kostenko
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.
She was one of the few former Yanukovich supporters, who did not denounce Yanukovych when he had lost the presidential post. Her phrase "I never decline people – neither when they achieve success, nor when they suffer defeat" – was vastly cited by the world media.
Closely cooperated with Paul Manafort, technologist of the US President
Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
.
Takes part in the leadership of an International Women's Religious organization headquartered in the US.
Books
* "Invisible Pyramids" ( uk, Піраміди Невидимі) (2003)
* "Red Atlantis" ( uk, Червона Атлантида) (2011)
* "A Girl and Cosmites" ( uk, Дівчинка і Косміти) (2014)
Awards
* Award for International Understanding.
* St. (Great Martyr) Barbara Orthodox Church Award of I grade (2012).
* Award for contributions to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (2013).
* Grand Prix of Institute Solenzara (Prize in Literature, founded in 1982, by a number of academicians of the French Academy, professors at the Sorbonne. Among the founders of the awards are known politicians, public figures, cultural establishment of France) for her book "A Girl and Cosmites", published in French (2014).