Yevhen Vasyliovych Pronyuk (; 26 September 1936 – 21 August 2023) was a Ukrainian human rights activist and politician. A member of the

Republican Party of Ukraine The Republican Party of Ukraine () is a political party in Ukraine registered in March 2005. At the legislative A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, ...

, he served in the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...

from 1994 to 1998. Pronyuk died in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

on 21 August 2023, at the age of 86.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Proniuk, Yevhen 1936 births 2023 deaths Ukrainian human rights activists Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni Republican Platform politicians People from Stanisławów Voivodeship Recipients of the Order of State Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 1st class Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Liberty (Ukraine)