Tamila Ravilivna Tasheva (; ; born 1 August 1985) is a Ukrainian activist and politician serving as a Member of the Verkhovna Rada since 25 November 2024. She also served as the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea from 2022 to 2024.

Biography

She was born on 1 August 1985, in

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, to a deported Crimean Tatar family. In 1991, she returned to Crimea with her family, like most of the other Crimean Tatars, and settled in

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. She graduated at the Faculty of Oriental Languages at the Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University. She participated in the

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and organized rallies in Crimea. She later headed the Foundation for Regional Initiatives NGO branch in Crimea. In 2006, she became an assistant to the people's deputy Lesya Orobets. She worked as an analyst for Viktor Yuschenko's Our Ukraine party. In 2010, she received a management position at the Nash Format publishing house. She later became a PR manager of the TIK band. Monuments_of_Ukraine_Crimea_article_contest_19

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In December 2013, Tasheva took part in the

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and demonstrations against

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's regime. In the winter of 2014, Tasheva, along with several other activists, created a Facebook page CrimeaSOS, which covered events leading up to the Russian annexation of Crimea. In early March, activists opened a hotline for asylum seekers in peaceful areas of the country. Soon CrimeaSOS grew into a wide volunteer network, which began to provide assistance to residents of the

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. Eventually, CrimeaSOS became a full-fledged public organization. Following the Russian annexation of Crimea, Tasheva gathered facts about the disappearance, abuse and violation of Crimean Tatars. In the 2019 parliamentary election, Tasheva ran for

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, as a candidate of

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. On 25 October 2019, President

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appointed Tasheva as a deputy representative of the

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. On 25 April 2022 Tasheva was promoted to the new Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, replacing Anton Korynevych. After the

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, she remained active in tracking the fate of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars remaining on the Crimean peninsula.

Awards

* In 2016 she received a medal "25 years of independence of Ukraine". The medal was for her as a chairman of the board of "Crimea SOS" organization (''Крим SOS''). * On 20 February 2019, she was awarded the

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''for civic courage, selfless defence of the constitutional principles of democracy, human rights and freedoms, revealed during the Revolution of Dignity, fruitful public and volunteer activity''. * On 25 October 2019, Tamila Tasheva became the winner of the Polish Sergio Vieira di Mello Award in the "Personality" category. The award is determined annually in two equivalent categories: the individual and the non-governmental organization, whose activities are aimed at the peaceful coexistence and cooperation between societies, religions and cultures.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tasheva, Tamila 1985 births Living people Crimean Tatar politicians Ukrainian people of Crimean Tatar descent Ukrainian human rights activists Women human rights activists Ukrainian women in politics People from Samarkand Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University alumni Presidential representatives of Ukraine in Crimea Holos (political party) politicians Recipients of the Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada