Stefan Romaniw

Stefan Romaniw
OAM
Стефан Романів
Romaniw in 2014
First Vice President of the Ukrainian World Congress
In office
2018 – 26 June 2024
Personal details
Born(1955-11-12)12 November 1955
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died26 June 2024(2024-06-26) (aged 68)
Warsaw, Poland
ProfessionActivist

Stefan Romaniw OAM (Ukrainian: Стефан Ількович Романів; 12 November 1955 – 26 June 2024) was a Ukrainian-Australian activist who served as the Co-chair of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations[1][2] and the First Vice President of the Ukrainian World Congress.[3] According to historian Gregorsz Rossolinski-Liebe, he was also elected leader of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists in 2009.[4]

Romaniw was the chairperson of the Victorian Multicultural Commission and Multicultural Arts and has received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).[5][6]

Romaniw was the head of the OUN-B from 2009[3][better source needed] to December 2022, when Oleh Medunytsia was unanimously elected to replace him.[7]

Romaniw died in Warsaw on 26 June 2024, at the age of 68.[8] A state funeral was held at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul, in Melbourne, on 12 July.[9]

  1. ^ "Ukraine attack: 'Why is this tyrant being allowed to do this?'". 9now.nine.com.au. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Co-Chairperson — Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations". www.ozeukes.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b Kuzio, Taras (23 June 2015). Ukraine: Democratization, Corruption, and the New Russian Imperialism: Democratization, Corruption, and the New Russian Imperialism. ABC-CLIO. pp. xx. ISBN 978-1-4408-3503-2. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  4. ^ Rossolinski, Grzegorz (2014). Stepan Bandera: The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist : Fascism, Genocide, and Cult. Columbia University Press. p. 417. ISBN 978-3-8382-0684-4. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2022. In 2009 the Twelfth Great Congress of the OUN elected Stefan Romaniw as leader of the OUN. Both Haidamakha and Romaniw grew up in the diaspora and were recruited to the OUN when they were members of SUM. Like many other civic leaders, Romaniw has also been an activist of multiculturalismm, civil liberties and the right of national self determination.
  5. ^ State Government of Victoria, Australia (2019). "Stefan Romaniw OAM". Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Stefan Romaniw - Ukrainian World Congress". www.ukrainianworldcongress.org. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  7. ^ "For the first time, a citizen of Ukraine by birth was elected as the head of the OUN(b)". Istorychna Pravda (in Ukrainian). 16 December 2022. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Tributes for Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations co-chair Stefan Romaniw". Herald Sun. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  9. ^ "State Funeral Service for Stefan Romaniw OAM". www.vic.gov.au. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.