| Andriy Shkil Андрі́й Васи́льович Шкіль |
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| People's Deputy of Ukraine[1] | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office May 2002 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | November 26, 1963 [2] Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" |
| Other political affiliations |
Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian National Self Defence |
| Spouse(s) | Zoriana Zinovievna (born 1968; fashion designer)[2] |
| Residence | Lviv, Ukraine |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Website | www.shkil.org |
Andriy Shkil (Ukrainian: Андрі́й Васи́льович Шкіль; Andriy Vasilovich Shkil) is a Ukrainian politician.[1][2][3]
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Shkil graduated in 1988 from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University.[4]
In 1989 Shkil became member of the editorial board of the newspaper Ukrayina Moloda and he was elected deputy chief of the Independent Ukrainian Youth Union.[2] From then he fulfilled various journalistic functions as writer and TV-presenter.[2] In 1997 Skhil graduated from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv's Department of Journalism.[2][3][4]
Shkil took part in the founding meeting of the Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian National Self Defence (UNA-UNSO) in June 1990.[4] In January Shkil participated in the Transnistrian war.[2][4] He was awarded the medal "For Defense of Transnistria".[4]
After having had several executive functions in UNA-UNSO in Lviv Shkil became the party leader of UNA-UNSO June 2002.[2][4] Shkil was active in Ukraine without Kuchma.[2][4] On March 21, 2001 Shkil was arrested on charges of "organizing mass unrest in Kiev during street demonstrations" and spent 13 months in jail.[2][4] While in custody, Shkil was elected deputy of Ukraine during the 2002 parliamentary elections, and as a result was released.[2][4] Shkil won a single-mandate constituency in the Lviv Oblast (province) and thus a seat in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliamnet),[5][6] the UNA-UNSO itself won 0,04% of the votes.[7] In parliament Shkil became a member of the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-faction.[2][4] In 2003 Shkil left UNA-UNSO,[8] in March 2005 he became a member of All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland".[4] During the 2006 parliamentary elections and 2007 parliamentary elections Shkil was re-elected into the Verkhovna Rada high on the party list of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko.[1][4]