Roman Matys
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{{Infobox person
| name = Roman Matys
| image = Roman Matys photo.jpg
| native_name_lang = uk
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|7|28}}
| birth_place = Sambir, Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
| alma_mater = Lviv Academy of Commerce
| website = https://matys.com.ua
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Roman Matys ({{langx|uk|Рома́н Ма́тис}}; born July 28, 1978) is a Ukrainian public figure, human rights activist{{Cite news|title=Why Ukrainians Are Speaking More Ukrainian|date=26 June 2016|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/06/26/why-ukrainians-are-speaking-more-ukrainian/|work=Foreign Policy}}{{Cite web |last=Topol |first=Sarah A. |date=2015-04-20 |title=Tongue-Tied on Ukraine's Front Lines |url=https://www.newsweek.com/2015/05/01/tongue-tied-ukraines-front-lines-323285.html |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Newsweek |language=en}} entrepreneur, economist, marketer, and investment expert.{{Cite web |title=Roman Matys – Ukraine Global FDI Reports |url=https://ukraine.globalfdireports.com/interview/roman-matys/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |language=en-US}} President of the NGO "International Investment Office". Head of the Investment Policy Department of the Lviv Regional Administration from 2016 to 2021.{{Cite news|title=How Lviv Oblast's head of investment sees the future|date=28 June 2018|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/business/how-lviv-oblasts-head-of-investment-sees-the-future.html|work=Kyiv Post}}
Public activity
Roman Matys is the founder of the public initiative “They'll Understand Either Way”,{{Cite web |last=Topol |first=Sarah A. |date=2015-04-20 |title=Tongue-Tied on Ukraine's Front Lines. Roman Matys |url=https://www.newsweek.com/2015/05/01/tongue-tied-ukraines-front-lines-323285.html |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Newsweek |language=en}} which since 2012 defends the rights of Ukrainian-speaking population to access information in their native language.
Roman Matys is the initiator and co-author of the Law “On the Ukrainian language as official”{{Cite web |date=10 February 2017 |title=Ukrainians support the Law on official language. Against are Ukrainophobes – authors of law |url=https://uacrisis.org/en/52484-zakon-pro-derzhavnu-movu |access-date=10 February 2017 |website=Ukraine Crisis Media Center}}
Thanks to the strategy of Roman Matys "Lviv region — the factory of Europe" and the work of his team, in five years it was possible to launch several hundred enterprises in Lviv region, to create tens of thousands of jobs and to make certain industries, such as the automobile industry, dominant in the region.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2021-07-19 |title=Factories Working for Mercedes, Porsche and Audi. What Ukraine Produces for the Global Automotive Industry |url=https://good-time-invest.com/blog/factories-working-for-mercedes-porsche-and-audi-what-ukraine-produces-for-the-global-automotive-industry/ |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=GTInvest |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Roman Matys – Ukraine Global FDI Reports |url=https://ukraine.globalfdireports.com/interview/roman-matys/ |access-date=2022-10-08 |language=en-US}}
Roman Matys participates in dozens of economic forums abroad and actively works to attract investments to rebuild the economy of Ukraine.{{Cite web |title=Ukraina – startup na mapie świata. Potrafi zapewnić bezprecedensowy wzrost inwestycji tym, którzy w nią uwierzą. |url=https://panorama-gospodarcza.gazetaprawna.pl/8772702,ukraina-startup-na-mapie-swiata-potrafi-zapewnic-bezprecedensowy-wz.html |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=panorama-gospodarcza.gazetaprawna.pl |language=pl}}
See also
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Category:21st-century Ukrainian economists