Yuriy Bereza
Ukrainian politician and military commander / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykolayovych and the family name is Bereza.
Yuriy Mykolayovych Bereza (Ukrainian: Юрій Миколайович Береза; born 8 February 1970)[1] is a Ukrainian politician and the commander of the Dnipro Battalion.[2][3] Representing People's Front, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[1] In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Bereza was not re-elected.[4] As an independent candidate in constituency 24 (in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) he gained 7.55% of the vote and lost the election to Dmytro Kysylevskyi of the party Servant of the People (who won with 59.36% of the votes)[5][6]
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Quick Facts People's Deputy of Ukraine, Constituency ...
Yuriy Bereza | |
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Юрій Береза | |
People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
In office 27 November 2014 – 24 July 2019 | |
Constituency | People's Front, No. 10 |
Personal details | |
Born | (1970-02-08) 8 February 1970 (age 54) Saksahan, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
Political party | People's Front |
Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Ukraine |
Branch/service | Dnipro-1 Regiment |
Years of service | 1992-2003, 2014 |
Rank | Major |
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In 2018 he was involved in a parliamentary brawl, ultimately punching Nestor Shufrych, after a member accused another of being 'Putin's agent' using a poster. [7]