Ahtem Chiygoz

Ahtem Chiygoz (Crimean Tatar: Ahtem Zeytulla oğlu Çiygoz, Ukrainian: Ахтем Зейтуллайович Чийгоз, born 14 December 1964, Bulungur, Uzbek SSR) is a Ukrainian Crimean Tatar politician, Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People[1], People's Deputy of Ukraine of the current 9th convocation[2], Chairman of the Bakhchysaray regional Mejlis, delegate to the Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar People.

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
Bulungur, Uzbek SSR
CitizenshipUkraine
NationalityCrimean Tatar

Former political prisoner of the Kremlin - following the Russia’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 the territorial integrity of Ukraine that took place in Simferopol on February 26, 2014[4]; freed on October 25, 2017[5].

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Chiygoz was elected as a deputy for the party European Solidarity into the Ukrainian parliament.[6]

References
  1. "Deputies Chairman оf Mejlis". qtmm.org. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  2. "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". itd.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. "Crimea is Ukraine". U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. ""February 26" Case: Resistance and Punishment". CrimeaSOS. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  5. "Crimean Tatar Leaders 'Freed,' Fly To Turkey". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  6. Чийгоз Ахтем: Народный депутат Верховной Рады IX созыва (Европейская солидарность)
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