Iryna Farion | |
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Ірина Фаріон | |
![]() Farion in 2015 | |
People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
In office 12 December 2012[1] – 27 November 2014[2] | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Iryna Podoliak |
Constituency | Lviv Oblast, No. 116 |
Personal details | |
Born | Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 29 April 1964
Died | 19 July 2024 Lviv, Ukraine | (aged 60)
Cause of death | Murder by gunshot |
Political party | Svoboda |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Lviv University |
Occupation | Professor, politician, philologist |
Awards |
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Website | Official website |
Iryna Dmytrivna Farion (Ukrainian: Ірина Дмитрівна Фаріон, pronounced [iˈrɪnɐ ˈdmɪtrʲiu̯nɐ fɐrʲiˈɔn]; 29 April 1964 – 19 July 2024) was a Ukrainian linguist and nationalist politician who served as a deputy in the Verkhovna Rada from 2012 to 2014 as a member of Svoboda.[3][4] She was a professor at the Department of Ukrainian Language at Lviv Polytechnic's Institute of Humanitarian and Social Sciences.[5]
She was known for her campaigns to promote the Ukrainian language,[6][7] and to discredit Ukrainians who spoke Russian.[8]
Farion was shot dead outside of her home on 19 July 2024.[9]
A gunman shot and killed a far-right Ukrainian politician who stirred controversy with campaigns to promote the Ukrainian language and discredit Russian-speaking compatriots, the authorities say.
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