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Ahtem Chiygoz

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Ahtem Chiygoz
Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People
Assumed office
2007
People's Deputy of Ukraine
9th convocation
Assumed office
August 29, 2019
ConstituencyEuropean Solidarity,No.8
Personal details
Born(1964-12-14)14 December 1964(age 59)
Bulungur,Uzbek SSR
CitizenshipUkraine
NationalityCrimean Tatar

Ahtem Chiygoz(Crimean Tatar:Ahtem Zeytulla oğlu Çiygoz,Ukrainian:Ахтем Зейтуллайович Чийгоз,born 14 December 1964,Bulungur,Uzbek SSR) is aUkrainianCrimean Tatarpolitician. He is the Deputy Chairman of theMejlis of the Crimean Tatar People,[1]aPeople's Deputy of Ukrainein the currentconvocation,[2]Chairman of theBakhchysarayregional Mejlis, and delegate to theQurultay of the Crimean Tatar People.

Biography[edit]

He is a former political prisoner of the Kremlin; followingRussia's attempted annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula[3]he was arrested on January 29, 2015, and charged with organization of a rally in support of theterritorial integrity of Ukrainethat took place inSimferopolon February 26, 2014.[4]He was freed on October 25, 2017.[5]

In the2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election,Chiygoz was elected to the Ukrainian parliament as a deputy for the partyEuropean Solidarity.[6]

Head of the Subcommittee on Ethnic Policy, Rights of Indigenous Peoples and National Minorities of Ukraine of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Human Rights, De-occupation and Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories in Donetsk and Luhansk Regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the City of Sevastopol, National Minorities and International Relations[20]. Currently, in 2024, he is living in Turkey with his family.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Deputies Chairman оf Mejlis".qtmm.org.Retrieved2020-05-25.
  2. ^"Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України".itd.rada.gov.ua.Retrieved2020-05-25.
  3. ^"Crimea is Ukraine".U.S. Embassy in Ukraine.2020-02-27.Retrieved2020-05-25.
  4. ^""February 26" Case: Resistance and Punishment ".CrimeaSOS.Retrieved2020-05-25.
  5. ^"Crimean Tatar Leaders 'Freed,' Fly To Turkey".Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.26 October 2017.Retrieved2020-05-25.
  6. ^Чийгоз Ахтем: Народный депутат Верховной Рады IX созыва (Европейская солидарность)
  7. ^Комітет з питань прав людини, деокупації та реінтеграції тимчасово окупованих територій у Донецькій, Луганській областях та АР Крим, м. Севастополя, національних меншин і міжнаціональних відносин обговорив питання проведення виїзного засідання на ДонбасіArchived2019-09-15 at theWayback MachineВерховна Рада України(5 вересня 2019)