Liliya Hrynevych

Liliia Hrynevych
Лілія Гриневич
Minister of Education and Science
In office
14 April 2016[1] – 29 August 2019
Prime MinisterVolodymyr Groysman
Preceded bySerhiy Kvit
Succeeded byHanna Novosad
People's Deputy of Ukraine
7th convocation
In office
December 12, 2012[2] – November 27, 2014[2]
ConstituencyIndependent, No.14
8th convocation
In office
November 27, 2014[3] – December 2, 2014[3]
ConstituencyPeople's Front, No.9
Personal details
Born (1965-05-13) 13 May 1965 (age 59)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyPeople's Front
Alma materLviv University
AwardsOrder of Princess Olga, Badge of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine "Excellence in Education"
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Liliia Mykhailivna Hrynevych (Ukrainian: Лілія Михайлівна Гриневич, born 13 May 1965)[4] [1] is a Ukrainian educator, politician and civil servant, a Member of the Parliaments of the 7th and 8th Convocation from December 2012 to April 2016.[5] From April 2016 to August 2019 —the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine; the first woman-Minister of Education and Science in the period of the Ukrainian independence. She has a PhD in Education.[6]

From 2006 to 2009, Hrynevych headed the Kyiv City State Administration's education department.[7] Representing Fatherland, she was elected to the 7 convocation of Verkhovna Rada during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[8] Placing 9th on the party list of People's Front, she was re-elected in the 2014 parliamentary election.She served as the chair of the Parliamentary Committee for Science and Education for two terms (7 and 8 convocations of Verkhovna Rada).[4]

For many years, 1987 to 2002, she worked in secondary education in Ukraine as a teacher, deputy headmistress and headmistress in a number of Lviv schools. She was one of the founders of the Ukrainian Centre for Educational Quality Assessment, of which she was the Director from February to August 2006, focusing her efforts on the development of External Independent Assessment at a national level. Her political career began with the political party "Front for Change", as an advisor to party leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk on education.[9] In 2012 she was elected as an MP to the Ukrainian Parliament leading the Parliamentary Committee for Science and Education, of which she was the Head until 2016. She has been awarded a Commander of the Order of Princess Olha degree, and has been awarded an "Excellence in Education of Ukraine" medal. She is an Honorary Senator of the Ukrainian Catholic University.[10]

  1. ^ a b New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
  2. ^ a b Lilya Hrynevych Archived 2017-05-11 at the Wayback Machine at Verkhovna Rada website
  3. ^ a b Lilya Hrynevych at Verkhovna Rada website
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Rada-Bio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  6. ^ "Vice-Rectors - Liliia Hrynevych". partner.kubg.edu.ua. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
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  9. ^ "Ms. Lilia Hrynevych - Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine". Український Жіночий Конгрес. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  10. ^ "Vice-Rectors - Liliia Hrynevych". partner.kubg.edu.ua. Retrieved 2020-03-29.