Ahtem Chiygoz
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Ahtem Chiygoz | |
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| Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| 9th convocation | |
| Assumed office August 29, 2019 | |
| Constituency | European Solidarity, No.8 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1964 Bulungur, Uzbek SSR |
| Citizenship | Ukraine |
| Nationality | Crimean Tatar |
Ahtem Chiygoz (Crimean Tatar: Ahtem Zeytulla oğlu Çiygoz, Ukrainian: Ахтем Зейтуллайович Чийгоз, born 14 December 1964, Bulungur, Uzbek SSR) is a Ukrainian Crimean Tatar politician. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People,[1] a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the current convocation,[2] Chairman of the Bakhchysaray regional Mejlis, and delegate to the Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar People.
Biography
[edit]He is a former political prisoner of the Kremlin; following Russia's attempted annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula[3] he was arrested on January 29, 2015, and charged with organization of a rally in support of the territorial integrity of Ukraine that took place in Simferopol on February 26, 2014.[4] He was freed on October 25, 2017.[5]
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Chiygoz was elected to the Ukrainian parliament as a deputy for the party European Solidarity.[6]
Head of the Subcommittee on Ethnic Policy, Rights of Indigenous Peoples and National Minorities of Ukraine of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Human Rights, De-occupation and Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories in Donetsk and Luhansk Regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the City of Sevastopol, National Minorities and International Relations[20]. Currently, in 2024, he is living in Turkey with his family.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Deputies Chairman оf Mejlis". qtmm.org. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". itd.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Crimea is Ukraine". U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ ""February 26" Case: Resistance and Punishment". CrimeaSOS. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Crimean Tatar Leaders 'Freed,' Fly To Turkey". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ Чийгоз Ахтем: Народный депутат Верховной Рады IX созыва (Европейская солидарность)
- ^ Комітет з питань прав людини, деокупації та реінтеграції тимчасово окупованих територій у Донецькій, Луганській областях та АР Крим, м. Севастополя, національних меншин і міжнаціональних відносин обговорив питання проведення виїзного засідання на Донбасі Archived 2019-09-15 at the Wayback Machine Верховна Рада України (5 вересня 2019)
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