Iryna Ihorivna Sekh () (born 20 September 1970, in Verbivchyk,

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), is a Ukrainian politician, member of the

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(Ukraine's parliament) from 2012 to 2014.

Career

Since 2006 Sekh was a member of the Lviv Oblast council. In the

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she unsuccessfully ran for the party

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. In 2011 she became noticed as one of the most active members of regional council who pressured the former governor Mykhailo Tsymbalyuk to resign due to incident with celebrating the Russian

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in Lviv. Tsymbalyuk had helped

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s ( Russkoye Yedinstvo and Rodina) and communists from

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to celebrate the holiday even after the Lviv regional council had prohibited it. In the

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Sekh was elected to the

(Ukraine's national parliament) in constituency 119 (in

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) for Svoboda.Small biography on Iryna Sekh

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She was elected with 64.86% of the votes. In 2014 Sekh served as a

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. She was appointed by acting President

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on March 2 but on August 14 newly elected President

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signed a decree dismissing Sekh from the post.Media: Iryna Sekh was found guilty

(5 November 2014) Sekh combined this the positions with her membership of parliament for five months (from March 2 to August 14). In November 2014 the Lviv District Administrative Court declared that she had done so contradictory to Ukrainian law. In the October

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Sekh failed to get reelected in constituency 119 for Svoboda. This time she gained 13.61% of the votes (placing 4th). The constituency was won by Mykhailo Bondar for People's Front with 26.36% of the votes.

References

External links

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2012 elections: Dossier of Iryna Sekh (Вибори 2012: Досьє Ірини Сех)
Lviv Portal. 17 May 2012. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sekh, Iryna 1970 births Living people University of Lviv alumni Governors of Lviv Oblast Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Svoboda (political party) politicians 21st-century Ukrainian women politicians Women members of the Verkhovna Rada Members of the Lviv Oblast Council