Lubomyra Stepanivna Mandziy ( uk, Любомира Степанівна Мандзій; 10 May 1973 – 27 November 2021) was a Ukrainian educator and civil servant. On 25 March 2020, she was appointed as acting
Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Early life
Mandziy was born on 10 May 1973 in the village located in
Drohobych Raion,
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a wikt:Appendix:Glossary#relational, relational adjective—in Englis ...
,
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
.
She graduated from geography faculty of the
University of Lviv
The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...
.
From 1998 to 2001 she studied at the graduate school of the
University of Lviv
The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...
.
In 2003, Mandziy became
Candidate of Political Sciences.
In 2008 she received the academic title of associate professor.
From 2001 to 2016, she worked at the University of Lviv at the Department of Political Science.
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Career
In 2015
File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
, Mandziy ran for the Lviv Oblast Council
The Lviv Oblast Council or Lviv Regional Council ( uk, Львівська обласна рада) is the regional council (parliament) of the Lviv Oblast (region) located in western Ukraine.
Legislative framework
The Regional Council is a loc ...
in constituency number 8 for the party Petro Poroshenko Bloc
European Solidarity ( uk, Європейська солідарність, Yevropeis'ka solidarnist', YeS) is a political party in Ukraine. It has its roots in a parliamentary group called Solidarity dating from 2000 and has existed since in vario ...
.[
In September 2019, Mandziy was appointed Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine.
On 25 March 2020, she was appointed the Acting Minister after the resignation of her predecessor ]Hanna Novosad
Hanna Ihorivna Novosad ( uk, Ганна Ігорівна Новосад; born 28 July 1990) is a Ukrainian educational activist, civil servant and politician. The Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine in the Honcharuk Government.
Biogra ...
.Serhiy Shkarlet
Serhiy Mykolayovych Shkarlet ( uk, Сергій Миколайович Шкарлет; born 19 October 1972) is a Ukrainian economist and politician. On 25 June 2020 he was assigned as acting Minister of Education and Science. On 17 December 20 ...
as Minister of Education and Science.
Personal life
Mandziy spoke English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
and was fluent in Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
.[Lubomyra Stepanivna Mandziy: biography, compromising material]
(2 June 2021) She owned 50% of the shares of Lviv Plant of Reinforced Concrete Products №2, with her husband owning the other 50%.[The former acting Minister of Education]
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...
(27 November 2021) Mandziy's Facebook page posted a message from her family stating that she "had been battling a serious illness for the past year and a half", but no cause of death was given.The former acting Minister of Education Lubomyr Mandziy
Radio Free Europe (27 November 2021)
See also
* Shmyhal Government
References
External links
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1973 births
2021 deaths
University of Lviv alumni
Academic staff of the University of Lviv
Ukrainian civil servants
Ukrainian women civil servants
Education and science ministers of Ukraine
Independent politicians in Ukraine
Women government ministers of Ukraine
Recipients of the Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class
21st-century Ukrainian politicians
21st-century Ukrainian women politicians
21st-century Ukrainian educators
21st-century women educators