Ihor Myronovych Yeremeyev (, 3 April 1968 – 12 August 2015) was a Ukrainian politician, People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 4th, 7th and 8th convocation (non-partisan, Chairman of the Deputy Group "People's Will"). He was co-owner of the Ukrainian fuel station network
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Mlyniv Raion
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Rivne Oblast
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Ukrainian SSR
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In 1992, uniting the group of comrades from his institute, created a private enterprise "Continuum" in his native village and became its director.
In 2002, he was elected to the
Verkhovna Rada
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after winning a
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seat as a member of the
Agrarian Party of Ukraine
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2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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, he was elected back into parliament as a
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candidate again after winning the single-member districts seat of Manevychi. He was the founder and head of the parliamentary group
People's Will
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since its foundation on 27 February 2014 (until 27 November 2014 this group was called ''Sovereign European Ukraine'').In the Council, a new group of 37 MPs
Ukrayinska Pravda
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Ukrayinska Pravda
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(27 November 2014)
In January 2014, during the voting for the so-called "dictatorial laws", his vote was counted as "for", but within a week he submitted an application with a request to consider the result of his vote "did not vote" and by participating in the preparation of a bill to repeal the said laws.
On 26 July 2015, he received a head injury during a
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accident in
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, Ukraine. He died on 12 August 2015 while in a coma in a hospital in
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