Language ombudsman (Ukraine)

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In Ukraine, the State Language Protection Commissioner^[1] (Ukrainian: Уповноважений Верховної Ради з захисту державної мови), informally Language Ombudsman^[2] (Ukrainian: мовний омбудсман) is a state official in charge of the enforcement of the Law of Ukraine "On protecting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language" (2019), as an element of derussification (minimization the influence of the Russian language in Ukraine) and increase the usage of the Ukrainian language (Ukrainianization), which is the only state language in the country.