| Andriy Shevchenko Андрій Шевченко |
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| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office May 25, 2006 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | June 10, 1976 Hvizdets, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukraine |
| Political party | Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Hanna Homonai[2] |
| Children | 1 daughter, Marichka (born in 2004)[2] |
| Residence | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Alma mater | Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University[2] |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Journalist[2] |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua |
Andriy Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Шевченко) (born June 10, 1976) is a current deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament; a prominent Ukrainian journalist.
Andriy Shevchenko was born in the town of Hvizdets, near Kolomyia, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (in present-day Ukraine), and spent his young years in Fastiv, near Kiev.
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Shevchenko has worked as a multi-media journalist since 1994 for the 1+1 TV Channel, Novyi Kanal, Radio Voice of America and others.
Under the administration of President Kuchma Shevchenko was one of the leaders of the journalists’ movement against censorship. In 2002 he left Novyi Kanal under political pressure. Later in 2002 he established Kyiv Independent Media Union and was elected its first Chairman.
In 2003 he introduced his idea of creating the Channel of Honest News (Канал чесних новин). The 5th Channel, a 24-hours-day news channel, was the only network not controlled by the government and eventually played a key role during the Orange Revolution of 2004. Mr. Shevchenko was the editor-in-chief of the channel and a presenter.
In 2005, after the Orange Revolution, he was appointed vice-president of National Television Company of Ukraine, but left his position in 6 months after the government refused to transform the state broadcaster into a Public Broadcasting System. He is the President of the Center for Public Media, an NGO promoting public broadcasting in Ukraine.
In 2005 Shevchenko received The Press Freedom Award from Reporters Without Borders (Austria, 2005). He also received a number of Ukrainian journalistic awards, including The Best News Presenter, The Best News Program, The Best Documentary (‘Teletriumph’, 2005).
Ranked 5th by Yulia Tymoshenko's Block, he successfully ran for the Parliament in 2006 and 2007. He has been serving in the Parliament’s Free Speech Committee as its youngest ever Chairman and First Deputy Chairman.
Mr. Shevchenko is the author of the Ukrainian Law on Access to Public Information, which was adopted in 2011 and is credited for strengthening civil freedoms and free flow of information in the country.
Shevchenko went to school in Kiev.
In 1993-94 he was an exchange student to Alameda High School, Alameda, California.
In 1999 he received his Master's Degree from the Institute of Journalism at Kiev University.
He also studied Political Science and Economics at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
Yale World Fellow (2008)[3]
Draper Hills Fellow at Stanford (2009).