Viktoria Siumar

Viktoria Siumar
Вікторія Сюмар
Siumar in March 2012
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
27 November 2014
Personal details
Born (1977-10-23) 23 October 1977
Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Ukrainian
Political party not a full member of any party
Other political
affiliations		 member of People's Front parliamentary faction
Alma mater Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Historical faculty; NASU Institute of History of Ukraine

Viktoria Petrivna Siumar (Ukrainian: Вікто́рія Петрі́вна Сю́мар, born 23 October 1977)[1] is a Ukrainian journalist and politician.

Biography

Siumar formerly worked as an anchor for Hromadske Radio, as a freelance journalist for Voice of America in Ukraine, and as a lecturer at the Taras Shevchenko National University Institute of Journalism.[2] From March to June 2014, she served as the Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council.[3][4] In June 2014 Siumar was a member and potential party leader of (the party) Volia.[5] Representing People's Front, she was elected to the Ukrainian parliament in the October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[1] Since December 2014, she heads the Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy.[6]

The information referred to in the declaration of assets, revenues, expenditures and financial liabilities is shown on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine : http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/declview/home/preview/17948

References

  1. 1 2 "Народний депутат України VIII скликання: Сюмар Вікторія Петрівна" [Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada: Viktoria Petrivna Siumar] (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada.
  2. ↑ "Aspen Ideas Speaker: Viktoria Siumar". Aspen Institute. 2014.
  3. ↑ "Russia waging not information, but disinformation war against Ukraine, NSDC official says". Ukrinform. 5 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Siumar resigns as NSDC deputy secretary". Ukrinform. 6 June 2014.
  5. ↑ (in Russian) Sobolev Syumar will lead to a new party elections, LB.ua (June 21, 2014)
  6. ↑ Комітет з питань свободи слова та інформаційної політики [Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy] (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada. 6 January 2015.
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