Hryhoriy Nemyria
Hryhoriy Nemyria (Ukrainian: Григорій Немиря) was born on 5 April 1960 in Donetsk, Ukraine. He was a historian of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and a Ukrainian politician within the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.
Family
Nemyria was the son of Michael and Tamara Nemyria. He has his wife Lyudmila, a producer and director, with whom he has a son Michael, born in 1997.
Education
In 1982 Nemyria joined the Faculty of History, though Donetsk State University, though his studies were interrupted when he joined the Soviet Army in May 1983. After leaving the army in December 1984, he returned to his studies during 1985-1988 and went on to post-graduate studies at the Taras Shevchenko University in Kiev. In 1988 he gained his doctorate in history when he published his thesis "Communist Party and disarmament: a critical analysis of Soviet concepts (late 70's - 80's)".
Career
After graduation and military service, Nemyria was an associate of Ukrainian history and ethnic policy at Donetsk State University, an associate professor of the Donetsk State Academy of Management, and the Vice President of the Regional Association of Young historians and political scientists.
In 1992 he founded the Center for Political Studies at the Donetsk State University of which he was the head until 1996. He was also a doctoral student at the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences, and became the organizer of the first Polish-Ukrainian school of sociologists. In 1996-1998 he worked in the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. He also served in the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine where he was worked towards European integration.[1]
He has also taught at the Institute of Political Studies in Bordeaux, France, and the NATO college in Rome, Italy.
Nemyria has held several notable positions and chairs, including:
- Donetsk period
- 1988-1992 - associate professor of Soviet history and ethnic policy of the Donetsk State University, vice president of regional association of young historians and political scientists.
- 1990-1991 - Associate at the Donetsk State Academy of Management.
- 1992-1996 - Founder and director of the Center for Political Studies at the Donetsk State University.
- 1993-1996 - PhD student of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- 1996 - Associate Professor of Political Science Donetsk State University.
- Kiev
- 1996-1998 - A director at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
- Soros Foundation
- 2001-2005 - local Ukrainian head of board of directors at the International Renaissance Foundation, which is a part of the Open Society Institute of the American financier and philanthropist George Soros. He left his post and was succeeded by his close friend Evhen Bystrytsky.
Politician
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Nemyria's political career has led to several posts: National Deputy of Ukraine 5th convocation, from April 2006; head of European integration National Academy of Public Administration; Chairman of the Subcommittee on European integration; Euro-Atlantic Cooperation Committee on Foreign Affairs (since July 2006); Deputy Chairman of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc since August 2006.
In 2007 he was elected as a deputy of Ukraine of the 6th Convocation by Yulia Tymoshenko and appointed deputy prime minister for the European integration, serving in the second Tymoshenko Government at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from 18 December 2007 to 1 March 2010.
Nemyria was placed at number 10 on the electoral list of Batkivshchina during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[2][3] He was re-elected into parliament.[3]
Other Activities
Nemyria was chief editor of the scientific journal "New Security", and head of the Department of European Integration of the National Academy of Public Administration President of Ukraine. At various times he also served as a consultant to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on European integration, was the chief adviser to MDCSU Ukraine, and advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko.
Positions held
- Member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS, Washington 1994)
- Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS, London)
- Member of the Advisory Council for Central and Eastern Europe at Freedom House
References
- ↑ Gregory Nemыrya
- ↑ They Call Themselves the Opposition, The Ukrainian Week (31 August 2012)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 (Ukrainian) Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
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