Boryslav Bereza
Борислав Береза
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
5 November 2014 – 29 July 2019
Preceded byVolodymyr Yavorivsky
Succeeded byArtem Dubnov
ConstituencyKyiv, No. 213
Personal details
Born
Boryslav Yukhymovych Bliacher-Bereza

(1974-06-13) 13 June 1974
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partyUKROP

Boryslav Yukhymovych Bliacher-Bereza (Ukrainian: Борислав Юхимович Бляхер-Береза;[1] born 13 June 1974) is a former member of the Ukrainian parliament and a former spokesperson for Right Sector (2014). In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election he lost reelection as an independent candidate in a single-seat constituency.[2][3]

Biography

Bereza was born on 13 June 1974 in Kyiv.[4] He claims he is a graduate of the Kyiv National Economic University, but the university claims that this is not the case.[4]

In 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union, he moved to Israel, where he lived until 1993.[5] He identifies himself as a Jew and a Cohen but not an ethnic Ukrainian.[6]

Upon his return to Ukraine, Bereza was a Russian book dealer and publisher and eventually created his own small literary society.[4] At the same time he also worked as a television host for the First National Channel as well as a radio host at the Prosto Radio (Simply Radio).[4]

On 2 March 2009, in Troieshchyna, while driving a vehicle, Bereza hit two pedestrians, but escaped responsibility by changing his surname from Bliakher-Bereza to Bereza. This was done despite the fact that the legislation of Ukraine does not allow changing the data of those under investigation.[7]

From February to December 2014, Bereza served as a spokesperson for the political party Right Sector,[4] while not officially being a member of it. He participated in some events of the Euromaidan.

In the fall of 2014 Bereza participated in the Ukrainian parliamentary election running as an independent candidate and winning at the 213th electoral district in Kyiv's Desnianskyi District with 29.44% of the votes.[8][9] Runner up in the district Anatoli Karpenko gained 22.51% of the votes.[9] After the elections, already as a People's Deputy of Ukraine he announced the creation of an inter-factional parliamentary group titled "Ukrop" (a portmanteau for the Ukrainian opposition). In the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliamnt) he joined the inter-factional group UKROP.[10]

In April 2015, the Ukrainian media reported on the scandal between Bereza and the deputy from the Radical Party Ihor Mosiychuk.[11]

In the 2015 local elections Bereza was the candidate for Mayor of Kyiv for Party of Decisive Citizens (Ukrainian: Партія рішучих громадян).[12] He made it through to the second round of Mayoral elections between him and incumbent Mayor Vitali Klitschko after Klitschko scored 40.5% of the vote and Bereza 8.8% in the first round.[13][14][15] Klitschko won this second round with 66.5%; Bereza gained 33.51% of the votes.[16]

In September 2016, Bereza had a row with "Television news service" journalists.[17]

On 9 May 2017, he made a scandal with a police officer during the "Immortal Regiment" in Kyiv (Beryoza was among those who tried to prevent it from being carried out).[18]

On 24 January 2019 on the sidelines of the PACE, during a briefing by the Deputy Speaker of the Rada, Iryna Herashchenko, he pushed the journalist of the Russia-1 TV channel Olga Skabeyeva, since she, in his opinion, interfered with Herashchenko's speech. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, reacted to Bereza's act, demanding an apology from him to Skabeyeva, threatening to slap him in the face.[19]

In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Bereza tried to win back his seat in the 213th electoral district.[20] But he failed to achieve this goal.[2] As an independent politician he placed third with 17.96% of the votes.[21] The district was won by Artem Dubnov of the Servant of the People party with 36.27% of the votes.[21] Bereza was the candidate of his own party, the Eco-party (Ukrainian: Екопартія), for the post of Mayor of Kyiv in the 2020 Kyiv local election set for 25 October 2020 and did lead the local Kyiv Ekoparty election list in the same election.[22][23] Incumbent Mayor Klitschko was re-elected in the first round of this election with 50.52% of the votes, Bereza finished in 10th place with 7.448 votes.[24][25] Ekoparty won no Kyiv City Council seats and was, with the 17th place in the election, not even close to doing so.[26]

On 10 April 2022, he ended up on the territory of the Truskavets Convent, where he refused to serve a summons to the military enlistment office.[27][28][29]

Personal life

Bereza is married and has three children.[4]

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Береза ответил на обвинения в двойном гражданстве", LB.ua, September 21, 2015
    2. 1 2 "Міжнародка та євроінтеграція: хто пройшов та хто "пролетів" на виборах до Ради". www.eurointegration.com.ua. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
    3. ↑ "На Борислава Березу напали на очах у виборців: перші подробиці". m.znaj.ua. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
    4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 (in Ukrainian) Battle for Kyiv. Life, career, promises of Klitschko, Vereshchuk, Palchevsky and others, Ukrayinska Pravda (15 September 2020)
    5. ↑ Gold, Mikhail (18 June 2014). Еврейский голос "Правого сектора" [Jewish Voice of the Right Sector]. Channel 9 (in Russian). Archived from the original on 26 January 2015.
    6. ↑ Davidzon, Vladislav (1 December 2014). "Right-Wing Ukrainian Leader Is (Surprise) Jewish, and (Real Surprise) Proud of It". tabletmag.com.
    7. ↑ "СМИ: Нардеп Береза сбил двух человек на Троещине в Киеве". www.capital.ua.
    8. ↑ Береза Борислав Юхимович [Boryslav Yukhymovych Bereza] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian parliament website. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
    9. 1 2 "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
    10. ↑ Justice Ministry registered the party Kolomoisky, Korrespondent.net (18 June 2015)
    11. ↑ ""Я стрелял таких как ты!". Самые громкие скандалы с участием Игоря Мосийчука". 18 September 2015.
    12. ↑ Ukrainians Face Another Election Headache Archived 2015-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, Atlantic Council (21 October 2015)
      (in Ukrainian) Ruban also ran for mayor of Kyiv. DEC has registered 13 candidates, Ukrayinska Pravda (September 28, 2015)
    13. ↑ "Klitschko undisputed leader in elections for Kyiv mayor, while second round possible - Savik Shuster Studio exit poll". en.interfax.com.ua. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
    14. ↑ "With 100% of ballots counted, Klitschko, Bereza to stand in Kyiv mayoral election runoff". en.interfax.com.ua. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
    15. ↑ "Klitschko, MP Bereza enter 2nd round of Kyiv mayor election". www.ukrinform.net. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
    16. ↑ "Kyiv Mayor Klitschko reelected with 66.5% of vote, 100% of ballot protocols processed - preliminary data". en.interfax.com.ua. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
    17. ↑ "Борислав Береза оскорбил корреспондента ТСН после вопросов о переписке с пропагандисткой Столяровой". ТСН.ua. 8 September 2016.
    18. ↑ "«На, смотри»: Береза 9 мая тыкал удостоверением патрульному". КП в Украине | КП в Україні | KP in Ukraine.
    19. ↑ ""Если Береза не извинится, найдется мужчина, который влепит звонкую оплеуху". Кадыров потребовал извинений перед Скабеевой". 25 January 2019.|website=gordonua.com|
    20. ↑ ""Мамахохотала". Кого "Слуга народу" відправила на мажоритарку у Києві та області". m.glavcom.ua. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
    21. 1 2 "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
    22. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Another politician will run for mayor of Kyiv, Ukrayinska Pravda (12 August 2020)
    23. ↑ Rada appoints next elections to local self-govt bodies for Oct 25, Interfax-Ukraine (15 July 2020)
    24. ↑ На виборах мера Києва переміг Кличко: хто пройшов до Київміськради [Klitschko won the Kyiv mayoral election: who went to the Kyiv City Council]. 24 Kanal (in Ukrainian). 6 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
    25. ↑ Vitali Klitschko wins in first round of Kyiv mayor election, Ukrinform (6 November 2020)
    26. ↑ Results of the 2020 elections of the Kyiv City Council, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
    27. ↑ "Только в присутствии полиции: экс-нардеп устроил скандал из-за вручения ему повестки (видео)". 9 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
    28. ↑ "Экс-нардеп Береза устроил скандал из-за вручения ему повестки в армию — Украина — tsn.ua". 10 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
    29. ↑ "Экс-лидер «Правого сектора» Береза устроил истерику в женском монастыре при вручении повестки - АНТИФАШИСТ". 10 April 2022. Archived from the original on 10 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

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