Stefan Romaniw ( uk, Стефан Ількович Романів; born 12 November 1955 in

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, Australia) is a Ukrainian-Australian activist currently serving as the Co-chair of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations and the First Vice President of the

Ukrainian World Congress Ukrainian World Congress ( uk, Світовий Конґрес Українців or ''СКУ'') is a non-profit organization, nonpartisan association, international coordination assembly of all Ukrainian public organizations in diaspora. It repre ...

. According to historian Gregorsz Rossolinski-Liebe, he was also elected leader of the

Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists ( uk, Організація українських націоналістів, Orhanizatsiya ukrayins'kykh natsionalistiv, abbreviated OUN) was a Ukrainian ultranationalist political organization estab ...

in 2009. Romaniw was formerly the chairperson of the Victorian Multicultural Commission and Multicultural Arts and has received the

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Medal. Romaniw was the head of the

OUN-B The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists ( uk, Організація українських націоналістів, Orhanizatsiya ukrayins'kykh natsionalistiv, abbreviated OUN) was a Ukrainian ultranationalist political organization estab ...

from 2009 to December 2022, when

Oleh Medunytsia Oleh Viacheslavovych Medunytsia ( uk, Олег Вячеславович Медуниця; born 27 June 1971) is a Ukrainian politician who served as People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 7th and 8th convocations of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's ...

was unanimously elected to replace him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Romaniw, Stefan Living people 1955 births Australian people of Ukrainian descent Australian activists Ukrainian activists Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists politicians