Dmytro Yarosh
Dmytro Anatoliiovych Yarosh (Ukrainian: Дмитро Анатолійович Ярош; born 30 September 1971) is a Ukrainian activist, politician, nationalist and military commander who is the main commander of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army. From 2013 to 2015, he led the Right Sector nationalist organisation, and formerly the Right Sector's Ukrainian Volunteer Corps. In late 2015, he withdrew from the Right Sector. From 2014 until 2019, Yarosh served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine. In February 2016, he started a new organisation called Governmental Initiative of Yarosh (DIYA).
Dmytro Yarosh | |
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Дмитро Ярош | |
Yarosh in 2014 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 27 November 2014 – 29 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Yuriy Samoylenko |
| Succeeded by | Oleksandr Zavitnevych |
| Constituency | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, No. 39 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 September 1971 Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kamianske, Ukraine) |
| Political party | Right Sector (2013–2015) |
| Other political affiliations | Tryzub (1994–present) People's Movement of Ukraine (1989–1994) |
| Alma mater | Drohobych State University of Education |
| Occupation | Politician, activist |
| Awards | Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3rd class |
| Website | Facebook page |
| Nickname | "Yastrub" ("Hawk") |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union (historical) Ukraine |
| Branch/service | Soviet Armed Forces Ukrainian volunteer battalions |
| Years of service | 1989–1991 2014–present |
| Unit | Ukrainian Volunteer Corps (2014–2015) Ukrainian Volunteer Army (2015–present) |
| Commands | Ukrainian Volunteer Corps (2014–2015) Ukrainian Volunteer Army (2015–present) |
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In the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election, Yarosh received 127,772 votes (0.7% of the total). He was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election from a single-seat constituency in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast by winning 29.76% of the votes. He lost the seat in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
On 25 July 2015, at the request of the Russian authorities, Interpol placed Yarosh on its international wanted list. Since 2 January 2016 this request no longer appears on Interpol's website.