Volodymyr Parasyuk
{{Short description|Ukrainian politician and military commander}}
{{Family name hatnote|Zinoviyovych|Parasyuk|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2017}}
{{Expand Ukrainian|topic=bio|date= December 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Volodymyr Parasyuk
| native_name = {{nobold|Володимир Парасюк}}
| native_name_lang = uk
| office = People's Deputy of Ukraine
| image = Volodymyr Parasiuk.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = Parasyuk in February 2014
| term_start = 27 November 2014[http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/583500/ CEC registers 357 newly elected deputies of 422] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126114422/http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/583500/ |date=2014-11-26 }}, National Radio Company of Ukraine (25 November 2014)
[http://www.unian.info/politics/1014078-parliament-to-form-leadership-and-coalition-on-november-27.html Parliament to form leadership and coalition on November 27], UNIAN (26 November 2014)
| term_end = 29 August 2019{{cite news|url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2019/11/19/7232357/|title=Козак Гаврилюк, сотник Володимир Парасюк, провідник Дмитро Ярош та інші герої Революції Гідності|newspaper=Ukrayinska Pravda}}
| predecessor = Vasyl Pazynak
| successor = Pavlo Bakunets
| constituency = Lviv Oblast, No. 122
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|7|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Maidan, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
| party = Independent
| otherparty = UKROP
| allegiance = Ukraine
| branch = Special Tasks Patrol Police
| serviceyears = 2014
| unit = Dnipro Battalion
| battles = {{tree list}}
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Volodymyr Zinoviyovych Parasyuk ({{langx|uk|Володи́мир Зіно́війович Парасю́к}}; born 9 July 1987) is a Ukrainian military commander and politician who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 27 November 2014 to 29 August 2019. Previously, he served as a member of the Dnipro Battalion and as a protest leader during Euromaidan.
Biography
Volodymyr Zinoviyovych Parasyuk was born on 9 July 1987 in the village of Maidan, in Ukraine's Lviv Oblast.{{cite web |url= http://vibori2014.rbc.ua/ukr/okrug/lvovskaya-oblast/odnomandatny-122 |title= Одномандатный избирательный округ № 122 |language= Ukrainian |trans-title= Candidates and winner for the seat in constituency 122 in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election |publisher= RBK Ukraine |access-date= 2014-12-10 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141105005658/http://vibori2014.rbc.ua/ukr/okrug/lvovskaya-oblast/odnomandatny-122 |archive-date= 2014-11-05 |url-status=dead }}
Parasyuk took part in the Euromaidan protests, where he was a sotnik (commander) of a group of defenders of the Maidan (a sotnia). He became known for his Euromaidan speech on 21 February 2014, in which he rejected the terms of an agreement between opposition leaders and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. In his speech, Parasyuk delivered an ultimatum, demanding Yanukovych's resignation and vowing his group would storm Yanukovych's Mezhyhirya Residence at 10 a.m. the next day without it. The next morning, Yanukovych left the country.{{cite web | url=http://euromaidanpress.com/2014/09/20/parasyuk-to-run-for-parliament/ | title=Parasyuk to run for parliament | date=20 September 2014 }}
Later, Parasyuk fought in the war in Donbas as a member of the Dnipro Battalion,{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-hero-insight-idUSBREA1O0JT20140225 |title= In Ukraine turbulence, a lad from Lviv becomes the toast of Kiev |first= Richard |last= Balmforth |work= Reuters |date= 25 February 2014 }}{{cite news |url= http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/beyond-the-crisis-hope-for-ukraine |title= Beyond the Crisis, Hope for Ukraine |first= James |last= Rupert |work= Atlantic Council |date= 14 March 2014 }}{{cite news |url= http://www.afp.com/en/node/2965382/ |title= Frontline politics: Ukraine fighters run for parliament |work= Agence France-Presse |date= 21 October 2014 |access-date= 24 November 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141211151545/http://www.afp.com/en/node/2965382/ |archive-date= 11 December 2014 |url-status=dead |df= dmy-all }} where he was taken prisoner by Russian forces during the battle of Ilovaisk and illegally moved to Rostov on Don. He was later released with other Ukrainian prisoners of war.{{when|date=February 2017}}
He studied in the Faculty of Electronics at Lviv University, specializing in physical and biomedical electronics, but did not graduate from the program. He later studied banking, and in 2016, he graduated from Lviv University with a bachelor's degree in economics.
Parasyuk was a member of the Student Brotherhood of Lviv University and the far-right Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists.{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=About the Source Euromaidan Press |date=2014-02-25 |title=The sotnyk who turned it around: We had to break them down |url=https://euromaidanpress.com/2014/02/25/the-sotnyk-who-turned-it-around-we-had-to-break-them-down/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Euromaidan Press |language=en-US}} He was elected to the Verkhovna Rada during the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.{{cite web |url= http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/site2/p_deputat?d_id=18124 |title= Парасюк Володимир Зіновійович |language= Ukrainian |trans-title=Volodymyr Zinoviyovych Parasiuk |publisher= Verkhovna Rada |accessdate= 6 December 2014 }} As an independent candidate, Parasyuk won a parliamentary seat in Ukraine's 122nd electoral district with 56.56% of the vote.{{Cite web|url=https://ukr.vote/en/elections/3/eldistrict/223/4600000000|title=Електоральна пам'ять|website=ukr.vote}}{{cite news |url= http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/video-of-first-brawl-in-verkhovna-rada-becomes-a-youtube-hit-374217.html |title= Video of first brawl in Verkhovna Rada becomes a YouTube hit |first= Ian |last= Bateson |work= Kyiv Post |date= 5 December 2014 }} In the Verkhovna Rada, he joined the inter-factional group Ukrainian Association of Patriots (UKROP).[http://ua.korrespondent.net/ukraine/3529272-minuist-zareiestruvav-partiui-kolomoiskoho Justice Ministry registered the party Kolomoisky], Korrespondent.net (18 June 2015)
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine refused Parasyuk to register as a candidate for the snap 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election because the required deposit was made by an "inappropriate person".{{Cite web|url=https://glavcom.ua/country/politics/parasyuka-ne-zarejestruvala-kandidatom-v-deputati-iz-za-zastavi-vid-nenalezhnoji-osobi-604341.html?1561385208|title=Парасюка не зареєструвала кандидатом в депутати із-за застави від "неналежної особи"|website=glavcom.ua|date=24 June 2019 }} This error could not be corrected because Parasyuk submitted his documents for registration on the last day it was possible.
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References
- {{cite web |url= http://vibori2014.rbc.ua/ukr/person/parasyuk-vladimir-zinovevich |title= Парасюк Володимир Зіновійович |language= Ukrainian |trans-title= Volodymyr Parasiuk very short bio |publisher= RBK Ukraine |access-date= 2014-12-10 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20141210164319/http://vibori2014.rbc.ua/ukr/person/parasyuk-vladimir-zinovevich |archive-date= 2014-12-10 |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Politicians from Lviv Oblast
Category:Military personnel from Lviv Oblast
Category:People of the Euromaidan