Oksana Volodymyrivna Bilozir ( uk, Оксана Володимирівна Білозір), née Rozumkevych ( uk, Розумкевич), is a

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(1994), former

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and in 2005 Minister of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine.

Biography

Oksana Bilozir was born on 30 May 1957 in Smyha

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Education

*1976 – Lviv Musical-Pedagogical College named after F. Kolessi. *1981 – Lviv State Conservatory named after M. Lysenka. *1999 – Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, affiliated with MFA of Ukraine, with qualification of Master of foreign policy and diplomacy.

Family

Father, Volodymyr Rozumkevych (b. 1930), retired
Mother, Nina Vasylivna (1933–2004)
1st spouse, Ihor Bilozir (1955–2000), Ukrainian famous composer and singer, the frontman of

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"Vatra", was tragically murdered in May 2000, in

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

2nd spouse, Roman Nedzelsky, is the Director of the state enterprise "Ukraina Gastrol'na" (eng. – Touring Ukraine) under Ministry of Culture of Ukraine
Sons: Andriy Bilozir and Yaroslav Nedzelsky. Andriy is a former member of the

Kyiv city council Kyiv City Council ( uk, Київська міська рада, translit=Kyivska miska rada), also known as Kyivrada ( uk, Київрада), is the city council of Kyiv municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The me ...

. Andriy's wife Larisa was elected to parliament in the

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as an independent candidate in single-seat constituency 15 (

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). Larisa's father is fellow politician Mykola Kucher. Oksana Bilozir is close to the family of former Ukrainian President

Yushchenko Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( uk, Віктор Андрійович Ющенко, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. As an informal leader of th ...

. She is as well the godmother of one of the daughters of

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Artistic achievements

Oksana Bilozir started her concert activity in 1979, as soloist of

"Vatra", founded by her first husband. Since 1994 she has been the lead singer of music band "Oksana". She released 15 albums, a DVD, and 10 music films.

Teaching activities

1996 – Professor, Pop Singing Department at

Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (KNUCA, uk, Київський національний університет культури і мистецтв) – is a university in Kyiv, Ukraine with level IV of accreditation History In ...

, Head of Department, professor of the Kyiv State School of variety and circus arts. In 1996–1997 Oksana Bilozir was teaching at

Kyiv State Institute of Culture Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (KNUCA, uk, Київський національний університет культури і мистецтв) – is a university in Kyiv, Ukraine with level IV of accreditation History In ...

Politics

Oksana Bilozir became the People's Deputy of Ukraine three times, twice from the bloc Our Ukraine (in 2002–2005 and in 2006), and from the bloc Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense during early parliamentary elections in 2007. In 2004–2005 she led the Social Christian Party (in October 2008 that party merged with

United Centre Andriy Baloha's Team ( uk, Команда Андрія Балоги, Komanda Andriya Balohy; formerly United Centre) is a Ukrainian political party. It is an offspring of Our Ukraine. Legally, Andriy Baloha's Team is the successor of the Party o ...

), later became a member of the party Our Ukraine, with the President Viktor Yushchenko acting as the Honorary chairman. In February 2008 Bilozir and several prominent members left Our Ukraine; she became a member of United Centre. Bilozir voted for the dismissal of the second Tymoshenko Government in February 2009. In September 2010 she became a member of Christian Democratic Union. Bilozir took part in the

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number 66 (

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wins a parliament seat) located in the town

Malyn Malyn ( uk, Ма́лин, Mályn) (sometimes spelled Malin) is a city in Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of Ukraine located about northwest of Kyiv. It served as the administrative center of Malyn Raion, now located in Korosten Raion. Population: ...

; with a third place (with 12.13% of the votes) in the district she was not (re-)elected in parliament. In the

2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Snap elections to the Verkhovna Rada took place on 26 October 2014. Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, had pressed for early parliamentary elections since his victory in the presidential election in May.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 ...

; placed 80th on the electoral list. But the party won only 63 seats on the electoral list; hence she was not (re-)elected into parliament.Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament
,

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(8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections – CEC
,

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(8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament – CEC

(8 November 2014)

References

External links

Oksana Bilozir «Золотий Фонд української естради»Oksana Bilozir' personal websiteOksana Bilozir' profile at the official web site of Verkhovna Rada
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