Ivan Gel ( uk, Іван Андрійович Ґель July 17, 1937, Klitsko (today

Lviv Raion Lviv Raion ( uk, Львівський район) is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the city of Lviv. Four abolished ...

) – March 16, 2011) was a Ukrainian politician and

dissident A dissident is a person who actively challenges an established political or religious system, doctrine, belief, policy, or institution. In a religious context, the word has been used since the 18th century, and in the political sense since the 20th ...

. He was a member of the

Ukrainian Helsinki Group The Ukrainian Helsinki Group ( uk, Українська Гельсінська Група) was founded on November 9, 1976, as the "Ukrainian Public Group to Promote the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords on Human Rights" ( uk, Українс ...

and the

Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party ( uk, Українська християнсько-демократична партія, ''Ukrayinska Khrystyianska Demokratychna Partiya''; UKhDP) is a small political party of Ukrainian SSR and Ukraine. It ...

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1937 births 2011 deaths Burials at Lychakiv Cemetery People from Lviv Oblast People from Lwów Voivodeship Soviet dissidents Ukrainian dissidents Ukrainian politicians Ukrainian Helsinki Group Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class Dubravlag detainees {{Ukraine-politician-stub