Yuriy Bereza
Ukrainian politician and military commander
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Yuriy Mykolayovych Bereza (Ukrainian: Юрій Миколайович Береза; born 8 February 1970)[1] is a Ukrainian politician and the commander of the Dnipro Battalion.[2][3]
Yuriy Bereza | |
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Юрій Береза | |
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| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 27 November 2014 – 24 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | People's Front, No. 10 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 February 1970 |
| Party | People's Front |
| Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Ukraine |
| Branch/service |  Ukrainian Ground Forces (1992-2003) National Police of Ukraine |
Years of service | 1992-2003, 2014 |
| Rank | _h.gif){kind=small} Major |
| Unit |  Dnipro-1 Regiment |
Biography
Representing People's Front, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[1] In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Bereza was not re-elected.[4] As an independent candidate in constituency 24 (in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) he gained 7.55% of the vote and lost the election to Dmytro Kysylevskyi of the party Servant of the People (who won with 59.36% of the votes)[5][6]
In 2018 he was involved in a parliamentary brawl, ultimately punching Nestor Shufrych, after a member accused another of being 'Putin's agent' using a poster.[7]
Awards
- In September 2014, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class.[8]
