Dmytro Yarosh

Dmytro Yarosh
Дмитро Ярош
Yarosh in 2014
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
27 November 2014 – 29 July 2019
Preceded byYuriy Samoylenko [uk]
Succeeded byOleksandr Zavitnevych
ConstituencyDnipropetrovsk Oblast, No. 39[1]
Personal details
Born (1971-09-30) 30 September 1971 (age 53)
Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Kamianske, Ukraine)
Political partyRight Sector (2013–2015)
Other political
affiliations
Tryzub (1994–present)
People's Movement of Ukraine (1989–1994)
Alma materDrohobych State University of Education
OccupationPolitician, activist
AwardsOrder of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3rd class
WebsiteFacebook page
Nickname"Yastrub" ("Hawk")
Military service
AllegianceSoviet Union Soviet Union (historical)
Ukraine Ukraine
Branch/serviceSoviet Armed Forces
Ukrainian volunteer battalions
Years of service1989–1991
2014–present
Unit Ukrainian Volunteer Corps (2014–2015)
Ukrainian Volunteer Army (2015–present)
Commands Ukrainian Volunteer Corps (2014–2015)
Ukrainian Volunteer Army (2015–present)
Battles/wars

Dmytro Anatoliiovych Yarosh (Ukrainian: Дмитро Анатолійович Ярош; born 30 September 1971)[2] is a Ukrainian activist, politician, nationalist and military commander who is the main commander of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army. From 2013 to 2015, he led the Right Sector nationalist organisation,[3][4][5][6] and formerly the Right Sector's Ukrainian Volunteer Corps.[7] In late 2015, he withdrew from the Right Sector.[8] From 2014 until 2019, Yarosh served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine. In February 2016, he started a new organisation called Governmental Initiative of Yarosh (DIYA).[9]

In the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election, Yarosh received 127,772 votes (0.7% of the total).[10] He was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election from a single-seat constituency in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast by winning 29.76% of the votes.[11][12] He lost the seat in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.

On 25 July 2015, at the request of the Russian authorities, Interpol placed Yarosh on its international wanted list.[13] Since 2 January 2016 this request no longer appears on Interpol's website.[14]

  1. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ Полковник Дмитро Ярош (in Ukrainian). banderivets.org.ua. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. ^ Shuster, Simon (4 February 2014). "Exclusive: Leader of Right Ukrainian Militant Group Talks Revolution With TIME". Time. Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. ^ Profile: Ukraine's key protest figures, BBC News (27 January 2014)
  5. ^ Yarosh quits as Right Sector leader, Interfax Ukraine (11 November 2015)
  6. ^ Right Sector chief Yarosh resigns, cedes leadership role of group, Kyiv Post (11 November 2015)
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Yarosh assembles 'Donbas' special battalion was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "UNIAN news. The latest news in Ukraine and worldwide". uatoday.tv. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Ukraine's Political Volatility Extends Beyond Kiev". Stratfor. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Poroshenko wins presidential election with 54.7% of vote - CEC". Radio Ukraine International. 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014.
    (in Russian) Results election of Ukrainian president, Телеграф (29 May 2014)
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference resultsOkurs14 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ "CEC registers 357 newly elected deputies of 422". National Radio Company of Ukraine. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014.
    "Parliament to form leadership and coalition on November 27", UNIAN (26 November 2014)
    Ukraine's new parliament sworn in, Kyiv Post (27 November 2014)
  13. ^ Rachkevych, Mark (25 July 2014). "Interpol issues wanted notice for nationalist leader Yarosh at Russia's behest". Kyiv Post.
  14. ^ Melkozerova, Veronika (2 January 2016). "Right Sector's Yarosh gone from the Interpol wanted list". Kyiv Post.