Ostap Mykhaylovych Semerak ( uk, Остап Михайлович Семерак) is a
Ukrainian
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politician and former
People's Deputy of Ukraine
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's parliament, the
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
UNIAN
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Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, founded in October 1995 by Jed Sunden.
History
American Jed Sunden founded the ''Kyiv Post'' weekly newspaper on Oct. 18, 1995 and later created KP Media for his holdings. ...
Ukrayinska Pravda
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(2 December 2014)
Education
From 1989 to 1994 he studied at the Faculty of Physics of the
Lviv University
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 ...
, and from 1992 to 1998 at the
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy ( NaUKMA) ( uk, Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академія» (НаУКМА)) is a national, research university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. The ...
political science
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.
Career
* 1992–1995 – Co-founder and Vice Chairman of the Student Fellowship of
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
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.
* 1994–1996 – Coordinator of the "School of young politician" Ukrainian Reform Support Foundation.
* Since 1996 – President of the Foundation for the development of political and legal culture.
* From February 1997 – Head of the Secretariat fraction PRP "Reforms Center", 2002 – Head of Secretariat of the faction " Our Ukraine", 2005 – Head of the Secretariat of the
Reforms and Order Party
Party Reform and Order ( uk, Партія «Реформи і порядок» ''Partiya Reformy i Poriadok'') was a liberal political party in Ukraine.
in the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
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.
* August 2006 – November 2007 – Deputy Head of Kyiv Regional State Administration on Internal Affairs and Communications.
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.People's Front. He was designated as the First Deputy Chairman of the
Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on issues of European integration
The Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on issues of European integration ( uk, Комітет Верховної Ради України з питань європейської інтеграції, ) is a standing committee of the Verkho ...
on 4 December 2014.
Since 14 April 2016 he is Minister of Ecology.
He was a member of the
Reforms and Order Party
Party Reform and Order ( uk, Партія «Реформи і порядок» ''Partiya Reformy i Poriadok'') was a liberal political party in Ukraine.
(from 1997), chairman of the executive committee.
In the
2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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Semerak did not manage as an independent candidate to get elected (as an independent candidate) to parliament. In election district 124 located in Chervonohrad he took seventh place with a result of 8.84%. Yuri Kamelchuk, a candidate from the " Servants of the People", won the district with 16.08%.
Co-author of the book "ABC Ukrainian politics" (1997).
He speaks English.
Keen on sports and cars.
Awards and State Ranks
A civil servant 3rd rank (August 2001).
Family
Father Michael Mikhailovich (1940) – Head of thermodynamics and physics at Lviv State University of Life Safety. Mother Stephanie Vasilievna (1948) – Economist of "NTON". Wife Orisya Volodymyrivna (1974) – the doctor. He has a son and a daughter.