Andriy Biletsky

Andriy Biletsky
Андрій Білецький
Biletsky in 2017
Leader of National Corps
Assumed office
14 October 2016
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
27 November 2014 – 24 July 2019
Preceded byOleksandr Bryhynets [uk]
Succeeded byMaryana Bezuhla
ConstituencyKyiv, No. 217
Commander of the Azov Battalion
In office
5 May 2014 – October 2014
Succeeded byIhor Mykhaylenko
Personal details
Born (1979-08-05) 5 August 1979 (age 45)
Kharkiv, Soviet Union
CitizenshipUkrainian
Political partyTryzub (2002–2005)
Patriot of Ukraine (2005–2008)
Social-National Assembly (2008–2016)
National Corps (since 2016)
Spouse
Yulia Biletska
(m. 2003; div. 2016)
[1][2]
Children1 son
Residence(s)Kyiv, Ukraine
Alma materUniversity of Kharkiv[3]
ReligionRodnovery
Military service
AllegianceUkraine Ukraine
Branch/service Militsiya (Special Tasks Patrol Police) (2014)

National Guard

Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service2014–2016[4][1]
2022–present[5]
Rank Lieutenant colonel of police[6][7]
Unit Azov Battalion (2014–2016)
3rd Assault Brigade (2022–present)[5]
CommandsAzov Battalion (2014–2016)
Azov Tactical Group (2022–present)[5]
Battles/wars
AwardsOrder for Courage, III class[8]
25 Years of Independence of Ukraine Medal

Andriy Yevheniyovych Biletsky (Ukrainian: Андрій Євгенійович Білецький, romanizedAndrii Yevheniiovych Biletskyi, IPA: [ɐnˈd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾ij jeu̯ˈɦɛn⁽ʲ⁾ijowɪdʒ biˈlɛtsʲkɪj]; born 5 August 1979)[9] is a Ukrainian far-right politician. He is the leader of political party National Corps. He was the first commander of the volunteer militia Azov Battalion,[4][1] which he founded in 2014, and a co-founder of the nationalist movement Social-National Assembly.[10][11][12][13][14][15] From 2014 until 2019, Biletsky was a People's Deputy of Ukraine.[16]

  1. ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) The former leader of "Azov" Beletsky declared only salary and $ 5,000, Ukrayinska Pravda (30 October 2016)
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  6. ^ "Andriy Biletsky", Національний Кореспондент [National Correspondent] nackor.org, 8 December 2015
  7. ^ "Ukraine's Interior Ministry elaborates on duties of newly created 'national militia units' (Video)", Unian, 30 January 2018
  8. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 2 серпня 2014 year № 631/2014 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)
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  10. ^ Shekhovstov, Anton (March 2011). "The Creeping Resurgence of the Ukrainian Radical Right? The Case of the Freedom Party". Europe-Asia Studies. 63 (2): 203–228. doi:10.1080/09668136.2011.547696. S2CID 155079439.
  11. ^ Shekhovstov, Anton (2013). "17: Para-Militarism to Radical Right-Wing Populism: The Rise of the Ukrainian Far-Right Party Svoboda.". In Wodak (ed.). Right-Wing Populism in Europe. Bloomsbury Academic.
  12. ^ Anton Shekhovtsov, Andreas Umland Ukraine's Radical Right // Journal of Democracy. Volume 25, Number 3 July 2014
  13. ^ Shekhovtsov, Anton (2013). "17: From Para-Militarism to Radical Right-Wing Populism: The Rise of the Ukrainian Far-Right Party Svoboda". In Ruth Wodak (ed.). Right-Wing Populism in Europe. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 249–263. ISBN 978-1780932453.
  14. ^ Ishchenko, Volodymyr (2011). "Fighting Fences vs Fighting Monuments: Politics of Memory and Protest Mobilization in Ukraine". Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. 19 (1–2): 369–395. doi:10.1080/0965156X.2011.611680. S2CID 145492425.
  15. ^ Ghosh, Mridula (2013). Ralf Melzer (ed.). The Extreme Right in Ukraine's Political Mainstream: What Lies Ahead?. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
  16. ^ 2022: "‘Don’t confuse patriotism and Nazism’: Ukraine’s Azov forces face scrutiny Nationalist regiment with neo-Nazi roots has been instrumental in the resistance to Russia’s invasion" https://www.ft.com/content/7191ec30-9677-423d-873c-e72b64725c2d