Andriy Vasylovych Shkil (; born 26 November 1963) is a Ukrainian politician.Official Verkhovna Rada website profile
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Liga.net Since 2013 Shkil lives in exile in

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because he fears he will be arrested in Ukraine due to a 2001 criminal case.

Biography

Professional career

Shkil graduated in 1988 from the Faculty of

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of the Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University. In 1989 Shkil became a member of the editorial board of the newspaper

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and he was elected deputy chief of the Independent Ukrainian Youth Union. From then he fulfilled various journalistic functions as writer and TV-presenter. In 1997 Skhil graduated from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv's Department of Journalism.

Political career

Shkil took part in the founding meeting of the Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian National Self Defence (UNA-UNSO) in June 1990. After having had several executive functions in UNA-UNSO in Lviv, Shkil became the party leader of UNA-UNSO June 2002. Shkil was active in

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. On 21 March 2001 Shkil was arrested on charges of "organizing mass unrest in

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during street demonstrations" and spent 13 months in jail. While in custody, Shkil was elected the

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during the 2002 parliamentary elections, and as a result was released. Shkil won a single-mandate constituency in the

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(province) and thus a seat in the

(Ukraine's parliament), the UNA-UNSO itself won 0,04% of the votes.Українська національна Ассамблея
Database DATA In the Verkhovna Rada, Shkil became a member of the

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. In 2003 Shkil left UNA-UNSO, and in March 2005 he became a member of

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(6 May 2009) During the

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and 2007 parliamentary elections Shkil was re-elected into the Verkhovna Rada high on the party list of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. Shkil is the author of a bill banning

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which was registered in the Verkhovna Rada at the request of the clergy of the

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and the

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on 12 March 2012. Shkil was placed at number 87 on the electoral list of

during the

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.They Call Themselves the Opposition

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(31 August 2012) He was not re-elected into parliament.Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради

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(11 November 2012) Early 2013 Shkil applied for

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in the

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; Ukrainian authorities claim he is not prosecuted in Ukraine.France may consider ex-lawmaker Shkil’s bid for asylum after Prague’s refusal – media

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(16 April 2013) Since he came to the Czech Republic on the basis of a French visa Shkil moved to France in May 2013 because the

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stipulates France should deal with his appeal. In a November 2016 interview with ''

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'' Shkil stated he still resided in France because the criminal case made after his 21 March 2001 arrest was still open.Shkil explained why does not return to Ukraine
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(22 November 2016)

References

External links

Official personal website
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