Viktoria Siumar
| Viktoria Siumar | |
|---|---|
| Вікторія Сюмар | |
 Siumar in March 2012 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
|
Assumed office 27 November 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 October 1977 Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | not a full member of any party |
| Other political affiliations | member of People's Front parliamentary faction |
| Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Historical faculty; NASU Institute of History of Ukraine |
Viktoria Petrivna Siumar (Ukrainian: Вікто́рія Петрі́вна Сю́мар, born 23 October 1977)[1] is a Ukrainian journalist and politician.
Biography
Siumar formerly worked as an anchor for Hromadske Radio, as a freelance journalist for Voice of America in Ukraine, and as a lecturer at the Taras Shevchenko National University Institute of Journalism.[2] From March to June 2014, she served as the Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council.[3][4] In June 2014 Siumar was a member and potential party leader of (the party) Volia.[5] Representing People's Front, she was elected to the Ukrainian parliament in the October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[1] Since December 2014, she heads the Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy.[6]
The information referred to in the declaration of assets, revenues, expenditures and financial liabilities is shown on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine : http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/declview/home/preview/17948
References
- 1 2 "Народний депутат України VIII скликання: Сюмар Вікторія Петрівна" [Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada: Viktoria Petrivna Siumar] (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada.
- ↑ "Aspen Ideas Speaker: Viktoria Siumar". Aspen Institute. 2014.
- ↑ "Russia waging not information, but disinformation war against Ukraine, NSDC official says". Ukrinform. 5 March 2014.
- ↑ "Siumar resigns as NSDC deputy secretary". Ukrinform. 6 June 2014.
- ↑ (Russian) Sobolev Syumar will lead to a new party elections, LB.ua (June 21, 2014)
- ↑ Комітет з питань свободи слова та інформаційної політики [Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy] (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada. 6 January 2015.