Refat Chubarov

Refat Abdurahman oglu Chubarov; Crimean Tatar Cyrillic: Рефат Абдурахман огълу Чубаров
uk, Рефат Абдурахманович Чубаров, translit=Refat Abdurakhmanovych Chubarov (born 22 September 1957) is a Ukrainian politician and public figure, leader of the Crimean Tatar national movement in Ukraine and worldwide.

Biography

Chubarov was born on 22 September 1957 in Samarkand, Uzbek SSR in the family of Crimean Tatar Abduraman Seitasan oglu Chubarov (1931-2014) who was deported in 1944 by the Soviet authorities from his native village of Ay Serez (today Mizhrichia, Sudak Municipality).Died father of Chubarov
Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People. 2014-03-30 In 1968, the Chubarov family was allowed to return, but not to the Southern coast of Crimea, so the family settled in Pryvilne (Krasnoperekopsk Raion).

In 1983 Chubarov graduated from the Moscow State Historic-Archive Institute. After graduation and until September 1990 he worked at the Central State Archives of the October Revolution and the Socialist Construction of Latvian SSR in Riga. From 1989 to 1991, Chubarov was a regional representative at the Riga city council, as a member of the Popular Front of Latvia faction which favoured Latvian independence from the Soviet Union./(website has automatic Google Translate option)''
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Since November 2013 he has served as the chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People. He served as Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of Crimea from 1995 to 1998 and as People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1998 to 2007. He also has served as the President of the Worldwide Congress of Crimean Tatars since 2009. In 2014, he called the Crimean status referendum "a circus" and also said that it is "a tragedy, an illegitimate government with armed forces from another country". In the aftermath of the referendum Russia annexed Crimea on 18 March 2014.

In June 2014, Chubarov vowed to boycott the September 2014 Crimean parliamentary election.

From 15 May 2015, Chubarov was a member of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) as a member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc. He was placed #71 on this party's election list during the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election search list, after a Ukrainian query not to admit this request. Russia accused Chubarov of calling for secession of Crimea from Russia.MP Chubarov no longer wanted by Interpol – Avakov
Interfax Ukraine (2015-11-11)

The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People was labeled an "extremist organisation" and subsequently banned by Crimea's supreme court on 26 April 2016.Crimean court bans Tatar ruling body in blow to minority
Thestar.com.my (26 April 2016)

Chubarov again took part in the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, this time for the party Strength and Honor. But in the election the party won 3.82%, not enough to clear the 5% election threshold and thus got no parliamentary seats.CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections
Ukrinform (26 July 2019)

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1957 births
People from Samarkand
Living people
People of the Euromaidan
Uzbekistani emigrants to Ukraine
Russian State University for the Humanities alumni
Popular Front of Latvia politicians
People's Movement of Ukraine politicians
Reforms and Order Party politicians
Independent politicians of Petro Poroshenko Bloc
Independent politicians of Our Ukraine Bloc
Third convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Fourth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 1st class
Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class
Ukrainian exiles of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
Crimean Tatar independence activists
Crimean Tatar politicians