Tetiana Chornovol

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykolaivna and the family name is Chornovol.

Tetiana Chornovol
Тетяна Чорновол
Born
Tetiana Mykolaivna Chornovol

(1979-06-04) 4 June 1979 (age 45)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Other names
  • Tetiana Chornovil
  • Tetyana Chornovil
  • Tetyana Chornovol
CitizenshipUkraine
Alma materKyiv International University
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • civic activist
Years active1995–present
Political party
SpouseMykola Berezovyi[1]
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
27 November 2014[2] – 29 July 2019
Personal details
Residence(s)Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Military service
RankSenior lieutenant
AwardsOrder for Courage, III class

Tetiana Mykolaivna Chornovol (Ukrainian: Тетяна Миколаївна Чорновол; born 4 June 1979) is a Ukrainian journalist and civic activist,[3] and one of the leaders in the Euromaidan protest campaign.[4] She is known for investigative reports about corruption in Ukraine, as well as for her direct actions.[5][6][7] In 2014, she was elected to the Verkhovna Rada.

On 25 December 2013, Chornovol was the victim of a much published and condemned severe beating.[4][5][8][9][10]

From 2014 until 2019 she was a member of the parliamentary faction of the party "People's Front",[11] also member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on national security and defense.[12] Deputy Chairman of the Interim Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on investigation of the theft of public funds in 2011-2014, when providing services of collecting hazardous hexachlorobenzene waste in Kalush district, Ivano-Frankivsk region; Deputy Member of the Permanent Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization;[13] member of the inter-parliamentary relations with China.

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  11. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". itd.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  12. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  13. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 22 February 2016.