Andriy Biletsky

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

Andriy Biletsky
Андрій Білецький
Biletsky in 2017
Leader of National Corps
Incumbent
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
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(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, romanized: Andrii 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